NY State, US can do more on medical marijuana

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In the past two years Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come a long way in amending his once unsupportive views about medical marijuana, but it is not far enough.

New York has become the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana in some form, and this should help those New Yorkers suffering from cancer, glaucoma and other serious illnesses. But if the program works as intended, it should be expanded.

Friday was the deadline for businesses to apply for only five licenses that will be granted to manufacture and dispense the drug statewide.

Three from this area were expected to be in the mix:

Great Lakes Medicinals of Monroe County, started by the Odenbach family, members of which have been in the quarry, shipbuilding and restaurant businesses here for a century.

Citiva Medical of Seneca County, an established medical marijuana producer that has relocated to New York from Colorado with...

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