Sentences with phrase «marijuana system»

We'll establish a program allowing up to 20 hospitals to prescribe medical marijuana, and we will monitor the program to evaluate the effectiveness and the feasibility of a medical marijuana system.

«We will monitor the program to evaluate the effectiveness and the feasibility of a medical marijuana system,» the governor said.

Savino believes the new revisions would give New York the most tightly regulated medical marijuana system in the country.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo poured cold water over the Compassionate Care Act, a bill that would establish a comprehensive medicinal marijuana system across the state.

Cuomo in December announced he would create his own medical marijuana system through the Department of Health, seizing on an existing law.

The announcement, made last Wednesday during the governor's State of the State address, described the pilot program as a way to evaluate the effectiveness of a statewide medical marijuana system by allowing eligible participants to legally seek relief from pain and discomfort.

Savino said the program as envisioned would be more stringent than California's medical marijuana system in which there is a «proliferation of pot stores.»

The government says exempting medicinal cannabis could lead to abuse of the existing medical marijuana system.

«We will monitor the program to evaluate the effectiveness and the feasibility of a medical marijuana system.»

BY NATHAN RILEY The New York medical marijuana system is rigged and getting walloped by a backlash for imposing hardships on sick people.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo two weeks ago signed legislation that will create a medical marijuana system, making New York the 23rd state in the nation to do so.

Combined with Cuomo's proposal for a narrowly construed medical marijuana system, that change in position could provide the impetus a reform measure needs to clear the Senate and become law.