Cuomo Must Sign Bill By November 11th to Help End the Suffering of Patients New York City – Today, patients, families, and advocates rallied outside Governor Cuomo’s Manhattan office to urge the Governor to sign a bill that would expedite access to medical marijuana for critically ill patients. In June, with overwhelming bipartisan support, both […]
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Patients & Families Rally at Cuomo’s Office to Demand He Sign Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana Bill
Bill That Would Provide Faster Relief to Suffering Patients Passed NYS Legislature with Overwhelming Bipartisan Support But Needs Cuomo’s Signature to Become Law New York City – One day before the deadline for Governor Cuomo to sign or veto a bill that would create emergency access to medical marijuana, patients and advocates will rally outside […]
Bill to Create Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana Delivered to Governor Cuomo’s Desk
Advocates: Not One Patient Has Yet Received Medical Marijuana and Four Children Have Died Waiting in the Past 15 Months; Cuomo Must Sign or Take Other Action to Provide Relief to Suffering Patients Governor Has Ten Days to Sign or Veto the Bill New York City – Friday, the New York State Assembly delivered to […]
Will 59 Million More Americans Get Access To Marijuana In 2016?
Marijuana advocates have been gaining momentum in states that have yet to legalize marijuana, but supporters and those interested in the legalization efforts are undeniably watching most closely to see what happens in California and Florida. Those two states have different histories when it comes to their stance on marijuana, but both are likely to […]
Study: Medical Marijuana Access Reduces Painkiller Abuse
According to a study published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, the enactment of statewide medicinal marijuana laws is associated with significantly lower state-level opioid overdose mortality rates. Investigators conducted a… Read article here: High Times
Today: Patients & Families Rally in Front of Cuomo’s Office to Demand Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana On One Year Anniversary of Medical Marijuana Bill Signing
An Emergency Access Bill Passed NYS Legislature with Overwhelming Bipartisan Support But Needs Cuomo’s Signature to Become Law Advocates: Not One Patient Has Yet Received Medical Marijuana; Cuomo Must Sign a Bill or Take Other Action to Provide Relief to Suffering Patients New York City – On the one year anniversary of the signing of […]
Tuesday in NYC: Patients & Families Rally at Cuomo’s Office to Demand Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana
Tomorrow Marks One-Year Anniversary of Medical Marijuana Bill Signing New Bill to Provide Faster Relief to Suffering Patients Just Passed NYS Legislature with Overwhelming Bipartisan Support – But Needs Cuomo’s Signature to Become Law New York City – On the one year anniversary of the signing of New York’s medical marijuana law, patients and families […]
New York State Legislature Passes Bipartisan Bill to Create Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana for Critically Ill Patients
Frustrated with Inaction by Cuomo, Patients and Families Returned to Legislature for Help Patients and Families Demand Governor Sign the Bill into Law Immediately Albany– Last night, in an unusual show of bipartisan support, the New York Senate voted 50 to 12 in favor of a bill, sponsored by Senator Joe Griffo, that directs the […]
As Clock Runs Out on Legislative Session, Patients & Families Rally in Albany to Demand Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana Before More Loved Ones Needlessly Die
Abandoned by Cuomo, Families Turn to Legislature to Pass a Bipartisan Bill Bill Would Create Emergency Access Program to Provide Relief to Critically Ill Patients, including Children with Epilepsy Albany– Patients, family members, and advocates stood with legislators from both sides of the aisle today in support of A.7060 (Gottfried) / S.5086 (Griffo), a bill […]
Tuesday in Albany: Elected Officials Join Patients & Families in Support of Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana
Abandoned by Cuomo, Families Turn to Legislature for Relief in Final Days of Legislative Session Bill Would Create Emergency Access Program to Provide Relief to Suffering Children Albany — Nearly a year since the medical marijuana law passed in New York in June 2014, patients and families will gather in Albany to urge lawmakers to […]