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They’re taking the hemp out of ‘Hempstead!’

The Long Island town of North Hempstead voted last week to bar the sale of marijuana inside its town limits, despite a newly energized push by state leaders to legalize pot this year.

“I’m totally against legalizing recreational marijuana, so, truth be told, that’s the position I think is right,” local Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio told Long Island’s Newsday, though she said she had no objection to medical marijuana.

But his plan allows counties or cities with over 100,000 residents to opt out of selling weed within its boundaries.

North Hempstead has over 200,000 residents, but is neither a city nor a county.

Cuomo’s office had no immediate comment on whether North Hempstead could prohibit marijuana sales.

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