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State lawmakers to consider medical marijuana bill
legislation, for the first time, has a chance to pass in both chambers.State Sen. Diane Savino of Staten Island and Assemb. Richard Gottfried of Manhattan, both Democrats , are holding a news conference Tuesday in Albany to promote a bill they introduced last Read more »
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A sampling of editorials from around New York
New York. Yet at least the spirit of the law appears to be routinely violated, says Assembly Health Committee chairman Richard Gottfried. The doctors who are required by law to own and control these medical practices are more like a front, says Mr. Gottfried. Read more »
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Advocates Don't Want To Hear NY Gov. Cuomo, Senate GOP Just Say No To Medical Marijuana
Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) said at a press conference. “The Senate has always been the stumbling block." Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan) also questioned why Cuomo opposes medical pot when he’s already proposed another bill to de-criminalize from New York Daily News Read more »
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Watchdog report: Some find bad medicine behind bars
CMC is the focus of an investigation. She declined to comment further. New York state Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, said CMC is part of a system that, as a whole, needs reform. Even New Yorkers who might support the death from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Read more »
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Herbal remedy: Savino’s joint medical marijuana bill designed to be passed
Colorado and Washington states recently legalized the euphoria-inducing herb completely. Savino and her co-sponsor Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D–Manhattan), however, want to assure their colleagues that unlike the earlier, half-baked proposals, this bill from Brooklyn Paper Read more »
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Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in New York State Senate & Assembly
New York State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Senator Diane Savino introduced a bill that would create one of the nation’s most tightly regulated medical marijuana programs. If passed, New York would join eighteen other states – including New Jersey and from Drug Policy Alliance Network Read more »
