New Yorkers have been celebrating cannabis since 1973, but this year on March 31st, NYC became the 15th state to legalize recreational marijuana. The Big Apple hosted the annual New York City Cannabis Parade & Rally, Steve DeAngelo of the Last Prisoner Project talks about the freedom of publicly "toking" on the streets of New York, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer led the cheers in Central Park, and Editor in Chief Debra Borchardt of the Green Market Report was there to get the answers to her questions, iPhone video from the rally credit to friend Stu Zakim, Tommy Chong launches his preroll celebrity brand in Michigan with MKX Brands and shares his thoughts on the alcohol vs. cannabis debate. We salute all the amazing nurses during Nurse Appreciation Week with extra applause to those nurses who continue the fight to end cannabis stigma, and their never-ending mission, to educate and communicate the medicinal and healing of this amazing plant, Sherri Tutkus, RN BSN Mark Worster, and Jessilyn Dolan. Founder Jimmy Young anchors Weed Talk News, with reports from the best and brightest in the cannabis industry, from New York The Green Market Report with Debra Borchardt, Michigan with Rick Thompson, New Jersey with Tara Misu of Blazin' Bakery, Illinois with Margo Vesely from NORML, Washington DC with Phil Adams of Vote Pro Potcast, Vermont, Jessilyn Dolan Vermont Cannabis Nurses, and north of the border with MJBiz Canada reporter Solomon Israel.