Medical marijuana law that accelerates the move toward legalization in New York

ByMarijuana CashCrop

Taking marijuana gets euphoria, it has analgesic action and appetite enhancing action, so it is used as a luxury goods and medicines all over the world.Districts legally recognized for medical marijuanaThere are currently 20 in the United States, but New York State is also about to join the group newly. However, Andrew Cuomo, a governor in New York, is known as a person who has opposed the legalization of medical marijuana for a long time. Why did Governor Cuomo who had taken a position against medical marijuana so far began moving toward legalization by changing its position?

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Other states graduallyWhile we are breaking our attitude towards marijuanaOn January 8, 2014, Governor of Cuomo set strict restrictions so that it can not be used in the degree of "light back pain", while promoting the legalization of marijuana for medical use within the statePresentation policy for legalization of medical marijuana in the stateDid.

The bill on medical marijuana submitted by Governor of Cuomo is a remarkable feature despite being far from complete legalization of marijuana.

This is because New York is a state that has been strictly strict about drugs for a long time and the situation that the state governor who has opposed to marijuana until now has gradually approached marijuana supporters attention It seems that it leads to the result of collecting.

ByBrandon Marshall

Such a Governor of Cuomo changed the idea of ​​medical marijuana to be the attitude towards Marijuana of Republican Chris Christi who serves as governor in New JerseyNYTimesI will mark it.

Christian state governor who is also one of the next presidential candidates was established by his predecessor, former New Jersey governor John CosaainMarijuana method for medical useWe stopped temporarily and set many restrictions such as "Prohibition of shipment to home" and "It is necessary to prove that patients who wish to prescribe medical marijuana prescribe conventional treatment methods" In addition, it seems to have banned the use of medical marijuana once again.

At present New Jersey meets the demand for medical marijuana while limiting the amount to be put on the market well as the six pharmacies permitted to prescribe marijuana are open.

ByLevi DeVos

Political opinion survey in Siena conducted by the University of Siena showed that the people's support for medical marijuana is overwhelming and it is clear that about 82% of the voters endorse medical marijuana There are also indications that the result has influenced Mr. Cuomo's policy change that will be handed down to the state knowledge selection in 2014.

So far in New YorkLegislation of same-sex marriageI got up at an elementary school in ConnecticutGun shooting incidentIt is particularly harsh in the United States in response toGun control law establishedNYTimes seems to be seeing that the Governor of Cuomo who has strengthened its political foundation by politically using "legalizing marijuana for medical use" this time.

BySaebaryo

On the other hand, there are opinions that the governor of Cuomo evaluates the bill as excellent. According to this, the medical marijuana bill of the State Governor of Cuomo is able to use regulated drugs if the committee approves cancer patients, glaucoma patients, and patients suffering from other illnesses in the existing Public Health Law "That is what I thought from the part" Mr. Cuomo is trying to make a medical marijuana law of a stricter standard than this public health law.

Drug Policy Alliance, Ethan Naderman praised this Governor's bill as "a bold and innovative remedy to solve the stalemate" and said, "Governor of Cuomo has decided to establish the best medical marijuana law in the United States I am trying to do it. "

In addition, NYTimes said from a person who explained the view of the Governor of Cuomo in advance, "The policy of the Governor of Cuomo has changed significantly, medical marijuana helps patients who need it, strictly He also got convinced that he himself was convinced that the risk of abuse as well as New Jersey would be restricted if restricted. "

ByRyan

The medical marijuana bill has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly up to four times, but both have been torn down at the stage of getting approval from the Senate. Also, as the current Federal law prohibits the cultivation of marijuana, it also needs to secure a source of marijuana, so it seems that there is still a steep journey towards legalizing marijuana for medical use.