New York State passed medical marijuana legislation in 2014, with patients able to purchase their medicine at licensed dispensaries since 2016. This year, the program expanded further, with broadly defined ailments like chronic pain added to the state’s list of qualifying conditions. But even with the expanded qualifiers opening the system to millions of New Yorkers, […]
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New York’s Medical Marijuana Program Is About to Change – Here’s Why
If you want to know why New York is set to change its rules and regulations around medical marijuana, all you have to do is show up at a local dispensary and start talking to patients. But first, be prepared for security. At Manhattan’s first dispensary, located at the foot of the L train at […]
New Regulatory Changes in New York Bring in Thousands of New Medical Marijuana Patients
The New York State Department of Health announced on August 8 a new set of regulations that will continue the expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program, while improving its experience for patients, practitioners and registered organizations alike. Once adopted, the new regulations will allow for the sale of additional medical marijuana products, an improved experience for […]
PTSD Added to New York’s Restrictive Medical Marijuana Program
New York State has one of the most restrictive medical marijuana programs in the country, but it may be starting to loosen up. A bi-partisan bill that would add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition passed the Senate Health Committee and now waits on Senate approval. “I am grateful to the Senate Health […]
New York Reveals List of Doctors Allowed to Prescribe Medical Marijuana
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York has published a partial list of doctors and other providers registered to prescribe medical marijuana, information the state had been keeping under wraps. The list includes 22 Central New York providers — doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, most of them in Onondaga County. The list only includes providers who have […]
New York’s Medical Marijuana Licensing Panel Shows Very Little Expertise in Field
ALBANY — When the State of New York approved the use of medical marijuana in 2014, the applicants to dispense the drug were vetted and reviewed by a panel of experts said to have deep backgrounds in several fields. The identities of the panel’s members had been a mystery since. By July 2015, the panel […]
New York Medical Marijuana Program Having Problems With Repeat Customers
More than three-quarters of the state’s 13,000 or so medical marijuana-eligible patients have purchased the drug, but only half of the 13,000 are repeat buyers under the tightly regulated state program, according to Department of Health data provided to the Times Union. Through late January, 12,933 patients had been certified by their doctors to participate […]
These 11 States May Change Their Marijuana Laws in 2017
After four states legalized recreational marijuana last year and twice that many approved new medical marijuana laws, at least eleven more are considering changing their laws in 2017. Here are the states and the legislation they’re proposing: 1. Connecticut Not only are lawmakers hoping to expand Connecticut’s five-year-old medical marijuana legislation, but Martin Looney, the […]
New York Makes Productive Changes to Medical Marijuana Program
State officials on Thursday announced a series of additional changes to New York’s medical marijuana program designed to expand products for patients, ease production and distribution for manufacturers of the drug and expand where and by whom it can be administered. The announcement marks the third time in as many weeks the state Department of […]
Home Delivery Added to New York’s Medical Marijuana Program in Expansion
Moving to address complaints about New York’s new medical marijuana program, the state’s Health Department is making substantial changes to expand access to the drug, including allowing home delivery, quite likely by the end of September. The program, which saw its first dispensaries open in January, has struggled to gain broad traction in the medical community […]
