For a very long time, patients have been waiting for access to medicinal marijuana in New York. Finally, the wait is over… Sort of. Some forms of marijuana have been legalized in New York, but not all. New York does not allow home cultivation, therefore, patients have had to wait until cultivation and distribution licenses were given out, which is a very time-consuming process. Finally, though, after another long wait, the licenses have been issued, yet, patients still have not received medicinal marijuana. Why? The second step of the process: cultivation. Companies have until next January to get their medicine to patients, but it’s unsure whether or not they are going to meet it. Marijuana Business Daily had to say this:
“Some stakeholders in New York are already voicing concerns about whether or not medical cannabis will be available for purchase in January, as required by state law.
A mother with a severely epileptic daughter told one NBC affiliate that there’s “no way” MMJ will be ready for sale in New York if the medicine has to be grown and manufactured in-state, given that one of the license winners has said that its manufacturing plant won’t be up and running until December.
The same mother is also worried that the licensees may not fully understand what type of medicine is really needed by patients since the state only allows non-smokable MMJ.
She said that the co-founder of a licensed medical cannabis company she spoke to told her that medicine would be in the form of “sprays, sub-linguals (oil drops) and a vaporizer,” but that what she needs are concentrated oils or capsules for her seizure-stricken child.”
As long as New York does not allow home cultivation, there will always be difficulties. This prevents patients from being approved for medicinal marijuana because the forms that some may need may not be legalized yet in the state. This is a big issue that politicians in New York need to address. How much longer can New York patients suffer without proper treatment? One can only hope that medicine is ready by January so that patients can get what they need. Unfortunately, however, things do not look like they are going to get going on time because of the state’s obstinate laws and politicians.
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