Marijuana law co-sponsor urges patience
Democratic State Senator Diane Savino, a co-sponsor of the bill that created New York's medical marijuana program, said Wednesday she is pleased with the law's final regulations and urged critics, who accused the Cuomo administration of “abandoning patients and families in need in pursuit of a war on drugs approach,” to be patient with the health department and the fledgling program.
“Look, I understand the role of advocates and it's always [their job] to push for more and I’m not going to debate that,” Savino said. “I think it's a far cry from their insinuation that patients have been abandoned. I just simply don't accept that and don't agree.”
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, who sponsored the law in the Assembly, was far less conciliatory and accused the administration of setting the law up to fail.
“[The Department of Health] received over 1,000 comments from patients and their family members, health...
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