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- Referred to health
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Relates to forms of marihuana authorized for medical use
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Richard Gottfried
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to forms of marihuana authorized for medical use
Purpose
To allow medical marihuana to be smoked for medical use
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends subdivisions 1 and 8 of § 3360 of the Public Health Law to remove prohibitions on smoking medical marihuana.
Section 2: Amends subdivision 2 of section 3362 of the public health law to prohibit smoking of medical marihuana in any place where tobacco may not be smoked under Article 13-E of the Public Health Law (Clean Indoor Air Act).
Section 3: Effective date.
Justification
For some patients, smoking is the most affordable delivery method, and it enables them to effectively limit dosage. Medical marihuana patients are not interested in getting intoxicated: they want to control their symptoms and get on with their work. The medical marihuana law does not allow smoking as a delivery method for medical marihuana. New York is one of only two out of 25 medical marihuana programs that prohibit it. This legislation would expand access for those patients while protecting the public by making medical marihuana subject to the Clean Indoor Air Act.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately
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