You’ve probably already seen the press reports: Legislation to exempt qualified medical cannabis patients from state arrest and prosecution has been introduced in the state Assembly and Senate.
Assembly Bill 7542 is now before the Assembly Committee on Health.
A companion bill, Senate Bill 4041-A, is before the Senate Committee on Health.
As introduced, these measures would allow state-qualified patients to possess (up to two and one-half ounces) and cultivate (up to 12 plants) cannabis for medicinal purposes. The measures also seek to license non-profit organizations to manufacture and distribute marijuana to authorized patients.
For the past two years in a row, the State Assembly has enacted versions of medical marijuana legislation. Yet Senate leadership failed to call these bills for a vote. This year, however, the bills’ sponsors are confident that they have the necessary votes to pass medical marijuana law reform in both chambers.
According to news reports, Gov. Patterson is also supportive of medical marijuana law reform.
In short, the future for legal medical marijuana in New York has never looked brighter.
That said, it is still vital that your state elected officials hear from you. Please take two minutes of your time to write your state assemblyman and senator and urge them to take action to protect medical marijuana patients in New York state. For your convenience, pre-written letters will be e-mailed to your elected officials when you visit here.
For additional information on this effort, please visit New York NORML.
Thank you for supporting marijuana law reform in New York.
Marijuana is a cure & a versatile plant everything from hemp reusable energy which we can run cars,making clothes,ropes,paper which means no more cutting trees that takes years to grow.marijuana has so much cures everything from fibromyalgia,aids,cancer,diabetes,depression,gloccoma,arthritis,parkinson,terretts,people who have trouble eating,insomnia if ignorant people who can understand the science behind medical marijuana.marijuana been cultivated in china for thousands of years even Egyptians the declaration of independence,the constitution was made by hemp,heck even George washgtion grew hemp.but they make cigarettes,alcohol,all these damn pills vikidin,oxycodines,percossetts,to name few.my father has cancer if marijuana can save his life Nd not go trough that painful chemotherapy then legalize but regulate it and restrict it make it legal only for legal purposes keep those drug dealers off the streets stopspending money on extra taxes to put these fools behind bars.im a good kid Ill admit I smoke marijuana illegally from time to time for pain depression & severe migraines.
I CLICKED ON THE “Assembly Bill 7542″ AT THE TOP OF THE ARTICLE AND IT TOOK ME TO SOME BULLSHIT TALKING ABOUT LETTING ARMY RESERVES RIDE ON SOME ROAD FOR FREE???????????????????????????? WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN NEW YORK?
Welcome to the 21st century, where the stupid people know how to spell and punctuate, we know how to write code and binary perfectly, you can thank us for even being able to post your literally correct posting
I agree. You shouldn’t have to be sick sick to posess and have mmj. I’m 19, I get horrible migrains from having such a busy day at college and have tourettes. The only thing that helps me remeber how to relax after being amped up all day is mj. I really wish they would just legalize even if it is only for medical purposes.
well the old people are not the only ones who are sick im only 23 and mmj would help me greatly for the rapid thought complex i have as well as anxiety and depression its just sad to think that hemp was Americas number one cash crop and they have outlawed A GOD DAM PLANT its crazy and as far as us young people the government is failing us we wont have social security and forget about retirement and i dont know if its just ny but they are trying to tax our savings i say fuck all of em and start a revolution
“I have better grammar than kids dot dot dot, they should learn how to punctuate dot dot dot, I’m sure all that reefer has a lot to do with it dot dot dot.”
i continue to wonder wtf ny is thinking,? we should have had a med. mj. law way befor california or montana…..do the powers that be, not see the taxes that cali reaps??? 14-17 billion yearly!!! ny could pull that off in a heart beat. am i wrong? we pay involentary taxes for our kids schools to better themselves and yet i still have to buy insane amounts of school supplies for my child ???? where does this level out? come on ny its time now…cali is laughing at us!
I completley uhgree. our yung peeple are seeriously in trubble
I am all for medical marijuana.. BUT one thing that I have noticed…. At least half the young people who have posted here, should probably concentrate more on learning to spell, punctuate, etc… Really scares me to think that these people are the future of our country…. think about it.
K well I’m 17 and I started smoking pot since I was 15 for stress and another medical condition called acne connglobota which has scarred my whole body so badly to the point where I can’t even take off my shirt without being stared at wherever I go. So to help take away my mental pain from being made fun of for it and a long day of laborous work I smoke a joint and even though I’ve been caught with it by the police I will continue to smoke it because I’m not taking the pills the doctors tried to give me for my depression because I hate pills because they don’t really help you in the long run and even if you get better from them and feel perfectly fine they still try to give you more so no more pills for me I’m smoking pot till the day that I die because this is my life and the government can’t tell me what I can and can’t smoke. Also weed is impossible to overdose on and there has never been a death from to much weed unlike alchohol and prescribed pills that doctors give to you
I live in NY. it is everything that I can do to attend work everyday( I am dedicated to my job and like my job). My life is trying to stay seizure free and headache free. When I smoke I am not nausiated its the only thing that works for me. I am soooo worried about losing my job. I am also sick of getting ripped off and I do not want to associate with scum bums. Please please legalize it. Most of my anxiety would disappear if it were legal. If anyone has answers please suggest something.-Excellent professor !!! legalize it legalize it legalize it legalize it la la la la la la di da da. Whoo ho whow(Singing)
My life history with marijuana. I started smoking it in my 20′s. I was a very active young man and did many things together with my family. As life progressed it became more complicated of course and I had to take a State job that did urine tests so I quit in a day or so. No ill effects of course. By the time I took the urine test I passed it.
Fast forward to my 70th year and I am a legal drug addict and I go once a month to get my script from an MD for my mental conditions which include all of the following; depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive behavior with money, suicidal tendencies. These are being taken care of but at great cost to me in co pays and when I lose my medicare I will be just another junkie on the street. By the way, all I do is sleep, allergic to the sun, never was before so I have to stay in during the day. By night I just go to bed. I want to get a Medical Marijuana card and return to being a real person and not some legal vegetable!
Disabled Vet. Bipolar PTSD. I don’t belive in the pharmasudical BS. They’ll give you anything as long as there pockets get fatter. It can’t be long before legislation is passed for Medical Marijuana. I’ll give it another year, if not by then I’m moving.
Look at buffalo for a moment. People go downtown and get smashed every weekend and drive home, and that’s fine?
From Orchard Park New York.
I know 100′s of people who smoke.
I know Dozens who could benefit from Medical Marijuana.
Thank you NORML.
this will be awesome, and now that marriage equality is legal in NY pot cannot be far behind!! And I’m seriously depressed, maybe my doctor will prescribe me some. I really think it could help me and a lot of others. Its a lot less harmful than Cigs thats for sure!
Thanks for informing on NORML blog, I think NY would be getting it reformed soon.