New York Releases Two-Year MMJ Program Report

The transparency of New York’s Medical Marijuana Program has been questioned by many New Yorkers, but on Aug. 19, 2016, the New York State Depart of Health released a two-year report on the state’s Medical Medical Use of Marijuana Under the Compassionate Care Act, as confirmed by a staff member with the NYS Medical Marijuana Program.

On June 15, 2016, the report’s data was obtained from the NYSDOH’s Medical Marijuana Data Management System and the Prescription Monitoring Program Registry.

The 13-page report gives an overview of the program’s activities since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act on July 7, 2014, as well as providing recommendations to the governor and legislature.

Following the report’s Medical Marijuana Program Implementation Timeline, the report charts the number of practitioner registrations from Oct. 20, 2015 to June 15, 2016, and also provides the number of registered practitioners per county; however, the report does not provide any additional identifying information regarding the...

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