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Newshawk: Herb
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/byA2yLTy
Pubdate: Mon, 21 Jun 2010
Source: Star-Gazette (NY)
Copyright: 2010sStar-Gazette
Contact:
Website: http://www.stargazette.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1005
Author: Cara Matthews, Albany Bureau
MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL SPARKING DEBATE IN NY LEGISLATURE
ALBANY -- Legalizing marijuana for medical use, which would produce
millions of dollars in revenue for New York, continues to be part of
negotiations on the state budget, which is now more than 80 days
late, officials said Monday.
"To me the reason for enacting it is treating patients with serious
conditions fairly, but the revenue is certainly a reason to make it
part of the budget. So, all of those issues are very much up in the
air," said Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried,
D-Manhattan, who is sponsoring the bill.
Travis Proulx, a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson,
D-Manhattan, said Monday evening that the Senate and Assembly had
reached an agreement to include medical marijuana as part of the budget.
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MAP posted-by: Jo-D
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