He did not commit to bringing Savino's bill forward in its present form — it was amended late last month to prevent anyone under 21 from receiving
smokable marijuana — but said «there's a good possibility that some bill would come to the floor.»
Smokable marijuana, he said, is «cheap and effective.»
Other Republican lawmakers have said they were either studying the measure itself or had proposed alternative bills that would prohibit the use of
smokable marijuana.
Not exact matches
And then Gov. Cuomo joined FL Gov. Rick Scott in banning the
smokable form medical
marijuana for some reason.
Bonacic's support the legislation comes as Sen. Phil Boyle, a Nassau County Republican, introduced an alternate medical
marijuana bill that would not permit
smokable forms of the drug be used to treat patients.
Cuomo confirmed that he did not want
marijuana legally dispensed in New York to be taken in a
smokable form, and sought to limit the number of licensed dispensaries from 20 to five.
ALBANY — Republican senator Phil Boyle has introduced his own version of a bill to legalize medical
marijuana in New York State, which would not allow for
smokable forms of the drug.
Assemblyman Dick Gottfried, a Manhattan Democrat who chairs the chamber's health committee, told Capital that he would be amending a bill that the Assembly passed in May to restrict the
smokable form of medicinal
marijuana to patients over 21 and to cap the number of licensed producers at 20.