By "Radical" Russ Belville on May 5, 2009
Brooklyn state legislators have high hopes for a renewed push to legalize medical marijuana in New York.
State Senators Velmanette Montgomery of Red Hook and Fort Greene, Martin Malave Dilan of Williamsburg, Kevin Parker of Flatbush and Diane Savino of Bay Ridge have all sponsored a bill to bring an end to the ever-budding debate and provide seriously ill patients “safe access to medical marijuana with their doctors’ recommendations.”
A similar bill in the New York State Assembly has received the blessings of members Joan Millman of Carroll Gardens, Steve Cymbrowitz of Sheepshead Bay, James Brennan of Park Slope, Alec Brook-Krasny of Coney Island, Dov Hikind of Borough Park, Alan Maisel of Mill Basin, Rhoda Jacobs of Flatbush and Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Vito Lopez.
The bills, which were submitted by Manhattan State Senator Tom Duane and Assemblymember Richard Gottfried, demand that medical marijuana be regulated much like steroids and morphine.
If the bills become law, the amount of medical marijuana one could legally possesses cannot exceed twelve adult plants, or two and a half ounces, at any given time and users must be registered with the department of health and be given an identification card proving that they are, unlike the 42nd president, authorized to inhale.
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new york city will make a a ton of money jobs for people help people with there health yshould every body in other states and citys get there fare share y cant we pass the damn law already people i nyc need help to