Statewide Coalition Launches Month of Actions With Weekly Lobby and Education Days in Albany and Community Forums in Buffalo, Syracuse, Capital Region, Westchester, NYC, Long Island Momentum Builds as Assembly Jumpstarts Negotiations and Four Senate Republicans Announce Support for Compassionate Care Act New York: Today, Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried (D, WFP – Manhattan) […]
Tag: Senate
TODAY: Patients, Caregivers and Healthcare Providers from Across NY Travel to Albany to Urge Senate to Pass Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation
Momentum for Compassionate Care Act Builds as Three Senate Republicans Announce Support for the Bill Patients and Family Members in Albany, Available for Interviews Albany – Today, over a dozen patients, families, caregivers and healthcare providers will gather in Albany to press the State Senate to pass the Compassionate Care Act — A.6357-A (Gottfried) / […]
Today: Patients, Caregivers and Healthcare Providers from Across NY Travel to Albany to Urge Senate to Pass Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation
Compassionte Care Act Would Establish Tightly Controlled and Regulated Access to Medical Marijuana to Relieve Needless Suffering in New York Patients and Family Members Are Available for Interviews Albany – Today, patients, families, caregivers and healthcare providers will gather in Albany to press the State Senate to pass the Compassionate Care Act — A.6357-A (Gottfried) […]
Medical Marijuana in Oregon: Senate committee to hold hearing on bill allowing local regulation of dispensaries
The state Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing next Tuesday on a proposal to allow local governments to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Marijuana Has Medical Value and Marijuana Possession Arrests are Waste of Law Enforcement Time and Resources
Statement from Drug Policy Alliance: More Senators Should Follow Reid’s Lead In an interview today with the Las Vegas Sun, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Nevada cities should move in the direction of making medical marijuana legal. “If you’d asked me this question a dozen years ago, it would have been easy to […]
Patients, Families, Caregivers and Healthcare Providers Rally in Albany to Urge Senate and Governor Cuomo to Pass Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation
Tuesday: Assembly Health Committee to Vote on “Compassionate Care Act” Broad Coalition Unites Behind Comprehensive Bill Albany — Today – the first full day of the 2014 New York State Senate session — dozens of patients, families, caregivers and healthcare providers gathered in Albany for a press conference and lobby day to call on the […]
January 13th: Patients, Caregivers and Healthcare Providers Travel to Albany to Urge Cuomo and Senate to Pass Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation to Effectively Relieve Patient Suffering
NY Patients, Families and Medical Experts: We Do Not Need "Feasibility Research Pilot Program," We Need Comprehensive System Albany – On Monday, January 13th, dozens of patients, families, caregivers and healthcare providers will gather in Albany for a press conference and lobby day to call upon Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State Senate to pass […]
Marijuana Legalization Bill Introduced in New York Senate
Public Opinion, Wasted Tax Dollars and Racially Discriminatory Arrests Push Legislators to Fix Broken Marijuana Policies Colorado, Washington, and Now Uruguay Offer Sensible Models and Precedent for Reform New York Today, New York State Senator Liz Krueger introduced a bill to tax and regulate marijuana for adult use. The bill would end the criminalization of […]
Historic U.S. Senate Hearing on Marijuana Legalization
Drug Policy Alliance: Era of Robust State-Based Regulation Has Begun Majority of Americans Now Support Legalizing and Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a first-ever Senate hearing on the issue of marijuana legalization and the tension between state and federal marijuana laws. September 10, 2013 Drug Policy Alliance read more Drug […]
Sen. Patrick Leahy Outspoken at Senate Hearing
"The absolute criminalization of personal marijuana use has contributed to our nation's soaring prison population and has disproportionately affected people of color," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Tuesday in a first-ever hearing aimed at reconciling rapid… High Times