New York – Assembly Passes Medical Marijuana Bill.

New York – The State Assembly passed a bill legalizing medical use of marijuana Wednesday, after about a decade of attempts to approve similar legislation in the state.

“This would mean an awful lot to thousands of suffering New Yorkers,” said Manhattan Assemblyman Richard Gottfried. “The current prohibition in keeping them from that medical benefit is just political correctness run amok.”

The bill allows caregivers and seriously ill patients with diseases like cancer or aids to register with the state to purchase up to two and half ounces of marijuana and grow up to a dozen plants.
“I think it’s important people, who that is the only thing that gives them relief, should have it available to them,” said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

But it has been caught up in pertisan bickering in the State Senate.
State Majority Leader Joe Bruno, said his house would introduce its own bill. “The Assembly version doesn’t work, in my estimation, with all due respect,” said Bruno.