New York governor signs bill legalizing medical marijuana

[JURIST] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo [official website] on Monday signed [press release] the Compassionate Care Act [text] into law, making New York the twenty-third state to legalize medical marijuana. The bill legalizes the possession, manufacture, use, delivery, transport or administration of medical marijuana by a designated caregiver for a certified medical use. It allows medical professionals to prescribe marijuana to patients with debilitating or life-threatening conditions such as terminal illness, severe chronic pain, nausea and other illnesses or as...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/07/new-york-governor-signs-bill-legalizing-marijuana-legal.php

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