NY getting closer to full medical legalization.

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But...do they WEIGH things different back there? If you read the article, it mentions that a patient can have 2 ounces of bud...ok...but then see what they compare 2 oz. to!

We need MORE people like this fellow the article is about. No, we don't need more sick folks, just people that will stand up, publicly, for what is right.

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Richmondville man speaks out for medical marijuana

ALBANY - New York could become the 13th state to say okay to marijuana for medical reasons.

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow people with certain debilitating diseases to smoke the drug.

Richard Williams of Schoharie County says it would mean he doesn't have to feel like a criminal for doing something that eases his pain better than anything else. He hopes New York lawmakers "stand up and have a backbone" and do what's right for people who are ill.

"It helps settle your stomach, helps with pain, muscle pain, joint pain," Williams explained.

He's been living with HIV for 20 years and has Hepatitis C. He's tried countless prescription pain medications and says marijuana works the best.

Friday Williams revealed his illegal drug use to police and people in his small Richmondville community.

"I don't want to feel like a criminal because I need to smoke marijuana because it's the only thing that makes me feel better," he insisted.

Williams spoke out to stand up for a law he believes in.

"Here I am in my community telling them I have HIV. Something I didn't want to do. But I'm standing up for rights of people who need to use marijuana. Not just me, but people with cancers, mental illness and other diseases," Williams said.

The New York State Assembly has said yes to allowing people with certain debilitating diseases to use medical marijuana. The Senate has until Monday to decide.

The debate is familiar to Vermont Medical Director Don Swartz.
"You don't want people who know that it helps them to have to break the law in order to get what they know they need," Swartz said.

The Green Mountain State's medical marijuana bill passed four years ago. Under the law, patients prove they have the debilitating illness with a doctor's note and register with the state's Department of Public Health. They can legally have two ounces of marijuana on them. That's equal to about nine plants. (SURE! iso)

A doctor can't prescribe the marijuana, but will help prove it's the best treatment when it is.

But Swartz says, on the other hand, you don't want drugs getting in the wrong hands. Of course that is one of the concerns with passing the law in New York.

A new report by a University at Albany researcher found teen marijuana use was down in states with medical marijuana laws.

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yourweirdfriend2

2 oz = 9 plants?! lmao... someone doesnt know how to grow!

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Colt 45 and two ZigZags, baby that's all I need.
We can go to the park, after dark, and smoke that tumbleweed...

videoman

I totally agree.

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whitetrash6

if i only gat 2 oz from 9 plants i wouldnt ever grow weed again...... but wait im sorry! im sure the gov knows WTF there talking about rite???????

yourweirdfriend2

haha, really. they've got their head so far up their ass they can tickle their tonsils!

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Colt 45 and two ZigZags, baby that's all I need.
We can go to the park, after dark, and smoke that tumbleweed...

madman

Well the New York Senate met on Monday the 23rd last session before they go on summer vacation ( like they really need one) and the bill never was brought up as far as I can tell. It seems to be the same old chit here in NY, the Assembly passes it and the Senate never votes on it. I thought these folks worked for us? According to the latest poll 72% of New York voters want to see this pass. But then again when did the goverment for the people actually do anything the people wanted. Will keep my fingers crossed, but will probably be buried that way....lol!!

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MercyEternity

NYPD is so busy as it is that something like marijuana is really beneath them. Besides the doctor is the worst pusher I have ever met. I don't think she knows she is doing it but it seemed like after five minutes of telling her how I felt she had an answer in artifical opiates. It did not seem to matter to them how old I was because at any age addiction can occur! It takes several years to ween yourself off the things they prescribe and it makes people ill most of the time. I still do not think she knows what is wrong and it seems as though you could tell them anything and they will diagnose you with whatever matches their charts.