Compassionate Care Act Offers Slight Move Forward

New York is moving forward with the Compassionate Care Act, a rather meek piece of medical marijuana legislation that severely limits the ways in which patients can use marijuana (no smoking), and severely limits the kind of patients that can use the drug.

The bill is expected to pass the New York legislatures and move to signing by Cuomo by week's end. 

More information on the bill:

New York State Reaches Deal On Medical Marijuana, But There's A Huge Catch

Families React to the Compassionate Care Act, Medical Marijuana

New York Medical Marijuana Supported by Large Margin

Diving a bit deeper into new polling released on Monday:

"State voters favor legalizing medical marijuana by a huge margin - 88% to 9%, according to a Quinnipiac poll." h/t Daily News

Huge margin indeed. It would be interesting to see the response if polling outfits asked individuals whether they'd favor Cuomo's limited-scope proposal versus either Colorado or California's more expansive and business-friendly medical marijuana initiatives.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to Loosen Medical Marijuana Restrictions

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's announced a plan in January to ease medical marijuana restrictions across the state. His plan "hinges on an obscure, never-implemented 1980 law, to push for new legislation that would include specifics, like how patients, physicians, and producers of marijuana would be chosen." [h/t NYT, link here]