NY Mulls Medical Marijuana
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Medical marijuana would be legal – and taxed – under a proposal today from state lawmakers who say New York should join with the 18 other states that have approved pot for seriously ill patients.
But, in New York, medical marijuana supporters have a strong litmus test to pass: winning support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who appears dead set against this expansion of drug use.
"I'm not in favor of it," Gov. Andrew Cuomo late last year, and his position has not changed, a spokesman said today.
That hasn't dissuaded Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, who today introduced their latest version of a medical marijuana bill.
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