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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.Cannabis activist Dana Beal is working to make medical marijuana more accessible to New York City patients.
A group of patients disappointed with New York State's much criticized and heavily regulated medical marijuana program has drafted a bill that aims to make medicinal weed more accessible in New York City.
In response to the state's Compassionate Care Act, the group's proposed legislation establishes a “medical marihuana users’ bill of rights” and asks the City Council to support the creation of a “users cooperative.” (The bill uses the state's preferred spelling of "marijuana," which replaces the J with an H.)
“We’re trying to set up a five-borough patients co-op for people with serious maladies, including ones that aren’t on the state list,” says Dana Beal, a longtime cannabis activist and one of about ten contributors to the bill. “The law and the regulations don’t cover people who are [also] legitimate patients....
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