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Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 New York: Questions linger around state's medical marijuana program 🌿New York: Questions linger around state's medical marijuana program
The New York State Department of Health continues to say medical marijuana will be available to patients by this coming January, but families and advocates aren't so sure.
Christine Emerson has been fighting for the medicine for her daughter Julia.
"It takes 3 months to grow and harvest the plants," Emerson said. "So that puts us really toward the end of the year, and we're not even talking about producing the medicine and having it tested."
After multiple failed attempts, the health department finally agreed to answer 2 On Your Side's questions about the program, although only by email.
WILL THE MEDICINE BE READY?
"[T]he Department anticipates that medical marijuana will be available to patients in January 2016," according to the email. "The application process required each applicant to attach a timeline demonstrating that estimated time from growing marijuana to the production of a final approved product."
However, several companies...
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