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 pass a bill that would create an emergency access program so that critically ill patients could access medical marijuana. Since the law passed, not one patient has been able to access medical marijuana and at least four children from across New York State have tragically died while waiting to obtain this much-needed medicine.
June 8, 2015
Drug Policy Alliance
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