New York Assembly Passed Medical Marijuana Bill.

Just an hour ago the NYS Assembly voted Yes. 94-38 in favor of Medical Marijuana in New York!

So now what?

How do dispensaries in other Medical Marijuana States acquire medicine?

Does someone grow it for them?

A06357 Summary:


BILL NO A06357 SAME AS SAME AS S04406 SPONSOR Gottfried (MS) COSPNSR Lupardo, Cahill, Clark, Cymbrowitz, Dinowitz, Hevesi, Lavine, Paulin, Peoples-Stokes, Rosenthal, Stevenson, Titone, Arroyo, Boyland, Bronson, Brook-Krasny, Cook, Crespo, DenDekker, Espinal, Fahy, Jaffee, Kavanagh, Lifton, O'Donnell, Otis, Rivera, Roberts, Skartados, Steck, Weprin, Zebrowski, Sepulveda MLTSPNSR Abinanti, Aubry, Braunstein, Brennan, Buchwald, Farrell, Galef, Glick, Hikind, Jacobs, Kellner, Magee, Maisel, Markey, McDonald, Millman, Mosley, Moya, Perry, Pretlow, Robinson, Rodriguez, Scarborough, Schimel, Sweeney, Weisenberg, Wright Add Art 33 Title 5-A SS3360 - 3369-b, amd S3343-a, Pub Health L; add Art 20-B S490, Tax L; amd S853, Gen Bus L; amd S221.00,

Pen L Legalizes the possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes procedures for such possession, acquisition, etc. including certification of patients by their practitioner, and that, in the practitioner's professional judgment, the serious condition should be treated with the medical use of marihuana;

provides that possession or acquisition of marihuana shall be lawful under these provisions provided that the marihuana possessed does not exceed a total aggregate weight of two and a half ounces; directs the department of health to monitor such use and promulgate rules and regulations for registry identification cards; provides for reports by the department of health to the governor and legislature on the medical use of marihuana.Go to top



http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A.6357&term=2013

It is only for serious conditions. But its a good step forward. I'll take it.

A06357 Memo:


BILL NUMBER:A6357 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, the tax law, the general business law and the penal law, in relation to medical use of marihuana PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Allows patient to use marihuana to treat a serious illness under medical supervision. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The bill would allow medical use of marihuana under a health care practitioner's care, for patients with cancer and other severe debilitating or life-threatening conditions. The bill would set up a tightly regulated and controlled medical marihuana system. A practitioner (licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner) could certify that a patient has a severe debilitating or life-threatening condition that can and should be treated with the medical use of marihuana. Certified patients would register with the Health Department. Certifying and dispensing medical marihuana would be included in the I-STOP system for controlled substances enacted in 2012. The Health Department would license and regulate "registered organizations" to produce and dispense medical marihuana for certified patients. They could be hospitals, for-profit businesses, or not-for-profit corporations. They would be required to comply with detailed "seed to sale" security controls and regulations. A clinical advisory committee made up predominately of health care professionals would advise the Health Commissioner on clinical matters. The bill would impose an excise tax on manufacturing and dispensing medical marihuana. Flail the revenue would be shared with the locality where it is manufactured or dispensed. JUSTIFICATION: Thousands of New Yorkers have serious medical conditions that may benefit from medical use of marihuana. The National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine concluded in a 1999 report that "nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety . all can be mitigated by marijuana." Doctors and patients have documented that marihuana can be an effective treatment where other medications have failed - for at least some patients who suffer from HIV/AIDS, cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other life-threatening or debilitating conditions, Although for many patients other drugs may be more effective than marihuana, the Institute of Medicine noted that "there will likely always be a subpopulation of patients who do not respond well to other medications," Medical marihuana must be available to those patients. The active ingredient in marihuana, THC, has been approved for medical use by the Federal Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Agency since-I 986 in synthetic pill form, But consuming it in natural form - which many physicians say is more effective - continues to be illegal. In an editorial in the January 30, 1997 New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer, editor of the Journal, explained that inhaling THC is more effective than taking the synthetic pill; "smoking marijuana produces a rapid increase in the blood level of the active ingredients and is thus more likely to be therapeutic." It also enables tighter control of the amount ingested. According to the Institute of Medicine, "it is well recognized that (the) oral route of administration hampers its effectiveness because of slow absorption and patients' desire for more control over dosing." Legalizing the medical use of effective medicine does not undermine the message that non-medical use of illegal drugs is wrong, Many controlled substances that arc legal for medical use (such as morphine, Valium and steroids) are otherwise illegal. In the same New England Journal of Medicine editorial, Dr. Kassirer argued that "it is also hypocritical to forbid physicians to prescribe marijuana while permitting them to use morphine and meperidine to relive extreme dyspnea and pain." The bill amends the Public Health Law rather than the Penal Law because the Penal Law's controlled substances provisions all relate back to the Public Health Law. Thus, all the acts that the bill makes lawful under the Public Health Law would, by definition, be legal under the Penal Law. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 1997-98 A.6407 - referred to Health 1999-00 : A.8082 - referred to Health 2001-02 : A.5878 - referred to Health 2003: A.5796 - reported to Rules 2004: A.57960-A - reported to Rules 2005-06: A.8265 - reported to Rules 2007: 48678 - passed the Assembly 2008: A.4867- passed the Assembly 2009: A.7542: advanced to 3rd reading 2010: A.7542; referred to Health 2011: A.7347: referred to Rules 2012: A7347-B: passed the Assembly FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Substantial revenue would he raised by an excise tax on medical marihuana, plus administrative fees. Minimal administrative expenses. EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.


http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06357&term=2013&Summary=Y&Votes=Y&Memo=Y link sorry it posted like that

A06357 Actions:


BILL NO A06357 03/26/2013 referred to health 04/16/2013 reported referred to codes 04/30/2013 reported referred to ways and means 05/29/2013 reported 05/31/2013 advanced to third reading cal.477 06/03/2013 passed assembly 06/03/2013 delivered to senate

Must now pass Senate and be signed into law by Cuomo. Last time something like this was up Patterson rejected it.
It will probably pass but it needs to be signed by The Governor

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/andrew_cuomo_on_medical_mariju.html

This still has to be voted on in the senate.

and what is Mr. Cuomo's view on the matter? i suspect i know the answer
if he's changed his mind, nothing has been leaked
still, the vote percentage was encouraging

It passed last time both last time but Patterson vetoed it but refusing to sign it.

It was a couple years ago.

Cuomo is open minded but undecided

Refer to the article I posted

I have to be helpful its my home state. Plus I know how to navigate the hearsay. Now I know why I went to college.

Balzac89 said:

I have to be helpful its my home state. Plus I know how to navigate the hearsay. Now I know why I went to college.

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Mine too neighbor. =)
Hope it all goes well.

So licensed dispensaries will manufacture and distribute it? Do they have to be patients too?

The Health Department would license and regulate "registered organizations" to produce and dispense medical marihuana for certified patients. They could be hospitals, for-profit businesses, or not-for-profit corporations. They would be required to comply with detailed "seed to sale" security controls and regulations.

Very cool! Whats going to happen when the feds bust a state certified hospital lol

I need to get me some of that hospital shit

I wouldnt mind being a caregiver. Hazeygrapes lives up here also, I am sure he can supply the whole state himself, lol.

As someone with a undiagnosable als-ms-epileptic seizures in my face for 16 years now i hope this bill passes i already medicate illegally and that's not going to change but if it could someway somehow miraculously become legal for me to do so that would be beautiful. After trying 28 different types of medication to help me Which had no effect and only put me to sleep i noticed that when i was smoking it stopped the muscle contractions. Let alone i haven't had a seizure in over a year now thanks to it.
I never discussed this with my doctors nor have i seen them in the past year but if this passes i will definitely hear their opinion on the matter of me using cannabis for my face.

The bill has been refereed to the Health Committee. It may be a few months until it is voted on.