New York is moving forward to add themselves to the list of States displaying compassion to patients who suffer chronic pain and other long suffering side effects due to their debilitating medical conditions by offering state regulated medical marijuana.
Somehow, NY Governor Cuomo has been able to develop what seems to be an acceptable "Model" program through 20 NYS hospitals. Will have to see the particulars on how the NY MM program will work. Look forward to success, which could possibly be duplicated here, and would provide a source of encouragement and safety for the doctors here in DC to make more recommendations for patients crying out for this alternative medical relief.
This is a 4 page printed article, so here's the first paragraph, and the link to full article.
Albrette "Gigi" Ransom
New York State Is Set to Loosen Marijuana Laws - NYTimes.com
By SUSANNE CRAIG and JESSE McKINLEY
ALBANY — Joining a growing group of states that have loosened restrictions on marijuana,
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York plans this week to announce an executive action that
would allow limited use of the drug by those with serious illnesses, state officials say.
The shift by Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who had long resisted legalizing medical marijuana,
comes as other states are taking increasingly liberal positions on it — most notably Colorado,
where thousands have flocked to buy the drug for recreational use since it became legal on
Jan. 1.
Mr. Cuomo's plan will be far more restrictive than the laws in Colorado or California, where
medical marijuana is available to people with conditions as mild as backaches. It will allow
just 20 hospitals across the state to prescribe marijuana to patients with cancer, glaucoma or
other diseases that meet standards to be set by the New York State Department of Health. (more)
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