IPFS News Link • Drug War
New York State Is Set to Loosen Marijuana Laws
• nytimes.com, By SUSANNE CRAIG and JESSE McKINLEYMr. Cuomo’s plan will be far more restrictive than the laws in Colorado or California, where medical marijuana is available to people with conditions as mild as backaches. It will allow just 20 hospitals across the state to prescribe marijuana to patients with cancer, glaucoma or other diseases that meet standards to be set by the New York State Department of Health.