Medical Marijuana Advocates Fight NY Roadblocks
ALBANY - Citing flaws in the state's current rules, advocates for medical marijuana traveled to the state Capitol on Tuesday to push lawmakers to support loosening New York's restrictions.
The advocates joined with Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, to push for a series of changes to the state's program, including a bill that would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to recommend cannabis-based medications.
New York's medical marijuana program has gotten off to a slow start since it launched in January.
As of Tuesday, 526 doctors had registered to participate while only 2,675 patients had been certified. Seventeen of the state's 20 licensed dispensaries have opened.
"When you have a core group of advocates who have been (at the Capitol) 10, 20 times and many of us can't access medication, that is a huge flaw in this program," said Kate Hintz, a North Salem resident whose 5-year-old daughter, Morgan Jones, has Dravet syndrome,...
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