Elected Officials, Clinicians, Patients, and Advocates Demand Medical Cannabis Access for New Mexicans Struggling with Opioids

Expert Advisory Board Recommends Adding Opioid Use Disorder for Medical Cannabis in New Mexico SANTA FE, New Mexico  — Today pain specialists, people recovering from addiction, community members, and drug policy reformers joined together to call for the inclusion of medical cannabis in New Mexico’s response to heroin and opioids. State lawmakers Representative Debbie Armstrong […]

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Patients and Their Families Gather in Albany to Demand Changes to New York’s Broken Medical Marijuana Law

Advocates: Too Few Patients Can Access Medicine Through the Overly Restrictive, Expensive Program Slate of Bills Would Remove Barriers to Participating in the Program and Expand Patient Access Albany – Today, dozens of advocates gathered in Albany to urge legislators to support a slate of bills that would amend the Compassionate Care Act, New York’s […]

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TUESDAY: Patients and Their Families Will Gather at State Capitol to Demand Changes to New York’s Broken Medical Marijuana Program

Advocates: Too Few Patients Can Access Medicine Through the Overly Restrictive, Expensive Program Slate of Bills Would Remove Barriers to Participating in the Program and Expand Patient Access Albany – On Tuesday, April 12th, dozens of advocates gathered in Albany to urge legislators to support a slate of bills that would amend the Compassionate Care […]

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Patients and Families Hold Passionate Rally at Gov. Cuomo’s Office to Demand He Sign Medical Marijuana Emergency Access Bill

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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Pediatricians Demand DEA Reclassify Cannabis

The American Academy of Pediatrics believes the time has come for the federal government to reclassify marijuana in order to facilitate research. In a recent policy statement, the national committee on substance abuse said that while they do not support medical marijuana … Read article here: High Times

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