Governor Cuomo Highlights Urgency For Swift Implementation of New York’s Medical Marijuana Program

Need for Emergency Access is Clearer than Ever with Recent Deaths Patients, Families, and Advocates Thank Cuomo and Urge His Continued Leadership and Action to Ensure Critically Ill Patients Receive Immediate Access to Medicine New York — Today, Governor Cuomo called for swift implementation of New York’s recently passed medical marijuana law. Since the medical […]

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State of New Mexico Proposes New Medical Cannabis Program Rules; Program Becomes Less Transparent and Accountable to Patients

Patients, Drug Policy Alliance Re-Launch Campaign Asking the Governor and Secretary of Health to Postpone Rule Hearing and Go Back to the Drawing Board to Include Stakeholders in Their Process Rural Patients and Veterans are Concerned They Will Lose Access to Medical Cannabis SANTA FE, NM – Late last Friday the New Mexico Department of […]

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New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program Adds Two Qualifying Conditions, Announces Plan to Address Severe Supply Shortage

After Vowing to Repeal the Law, Governor Martinez Appears to be Softening on Her Opposition to Expanding the Program SANTA FE: On Friday, New Mexico’s Secretary of Health Retta Ward announced the Martinez Administration’s decision to approve adding Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease to the list of medical conditions for which New Mexicans are allowed […]

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New York City Comptroller Releases Report Calling for the Establishment of a Medical Marijuana Program

Report Shows that 100,000 Seriously Ill New York City Residents Could Benefit from Medical Marijuana Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and Advocates Call on State Legislature to Pass Compassionate Care Act Immediately NEW YORK – Today, New York City Comptroller John Liu released a report calling on the state legislature to pass the Compassionate Care Act, a […]

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