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[Storm Crow]

If you want MMJ, NOW is your chance! :thumbsup:

Legislative Gazette

Medical marijuana bill now in both houses

Tuesday Apr 21 3:18 PM
By GREGORY JONES, Gazette staff writer



For the first time since legislation for medicinal marijuana was introduced in New York, identical bills will go before both the Assembly and Senate, potentially making it legal for patients with serious illness to use marijuana.
Joined by two patients who could benefit from the legislation, the Assembly and Senate Health Committee Chairs, Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, and Sen. Thomas Duane, D-Manhattan, announced today their support for a medical marijuana law.
â??It is cruel to make seriously ill patients criminals for relying on medical marijuana for relief when their doctor recommends it,â?� Gottfried said. â??I hope that the Senate and the governor will make this the year we protect patients from simply treating a serious problem.â?�
The bill (A.7542/S.4041) has passed the Assembly for the past two years, but no identical bill was introduced in the Senate. Gottfried is optimistic that the now Democratic Senate will act to protect medical marijuana patients from arrest.
â??Medical marijuanaâ??s safety and efficacy in treating certain painful, often life-threatening diseases is a well-documented scientific fact,â?� Duane said. â??There is no reason we canâ??t establish common sense controls to ensure safe access to this medicine for suffering patients who have their doctorsâ?? recommendations while ensuring it doesnâ??t wind up in the wrong hands.â?�
According to Gottfried, 13 states now have medical marijuana laws in place. The legislation for New York would allow patients to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana as well as be able to grow up to 12 mature plants.
â??This is about medicine, not politics,â?� Duane said. He added that it should be up to medical science and not politics to decide the use of marijuana. Several other states are considering medical marijuana laws similar to New York, including New Jersey, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Illinois, according to Gottfried.
The bill has been referred to both housesâ?? health committees for review.



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Tell them how you feel about A.7542/S.4041! This is your best bet! Let's flood them with emails in support of this bill! :thumbsup:



Granny :hippy: (California legal MMJ user)

Storm Crow Reviewed by Storm Crow on 04-22-2009. OK, New York! Your turn to get busy! If you want MMJ, NOW is your chance! :thumbsup: Legislative Gazette Medical marijuana bill now in both houses Tuesday Apr 21 3:18 PM By GREGORY JONES, Gazette staff writer Rating: 5

[elskeetro]

This would be incredible. I've been wanting this for a long time. In fact, my wife and I have been making plans to move out west to WA or OR so that we could try and escape some scrutiny. Not to mention NY is just a miserable place to live.

COME ON Yanks!!! let's do this.

Skeet.

[epilepticme]

This would be incredible. I've been wanting this for a long time. In fact, my wife and I have been making plans to move out west to WA or OR so that we could try and escape some scrutiny. Not to mention NY is just a miserable place to live.

COME ON Yanks!!! let's do this.

Skeet.

I sent my weekly letters and made my phone calls. Let us keep the momentum going folks.

[epilepticme]

I know there are some other New Yorkers out there. We need to increase the pressure. We are at a critical time. Things have lined up nicely.

Call and Write your Reps and Gov. Patterson! MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD!

[wholapola]

MPP offers a pro-legalization document for you, including who it'll be sent to. I've done mine (Catherine Young and NYS Commissioner of Health.) Now it's your turn. C'mon New Yorkers!!!