Legal Medical Marijuana in New York

joebrooklynian · February 2012

Via AlterNet: Former New York governor and attorney general Eliot Spitzer says he not only supports medical marijuana, but thinks we should replace marijuana prohibition with legalization. Speaking on Friday night on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," Spitzer said: "To spend prosecutorial resources on pot is ridiculous...I'd be in favor of legalized pot. Legalizing pot is the right way to go."

Check out the entire marijuana discussion by Maher's panel of guests, starting at 4:22 in to this clip:

http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html/?autoplay=true&vid=1239270&filter=real-time-with-bill-maher&view=null

joebrooklynian · February 2012

I didn't realize this was so far along. The resolution backing the state medical marijuana bill is now in committee in both the Assembly and Senate:

http://www.qchron.com/news/western/city-council-ponders-marijuana-resolution/article_a5ea2c19-4af1-52a8-b6b9-0605eed65a7d.html

Taxing medical marijuana - before “struggling cities" turn to marijuana as a cash crop, they need to address a major issues, including and an "appalling disparity" between meager tax revenue generated, and the major societal costs legal marijuana causes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/opinion/taxing-medical-marijuana.html

"Um, hello, it's a public health issue"

Here's an interview with State Senator Diane J. Savino (D - Sunset Park, Coney Island, Bensonhurst) who co-sponsored medical marijuana legislation in Albany, drawing on her own experience of losing both parents to cancer:

http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/07/29/could-new-york-state-legalize-medical-marijuana

Legal Medical Marijuana in New York

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