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NYC Hosts Medical Marijuana Expo As State Ramps Up For Legalization
WLNY-TV / The Associated Press ^ | October 12, 2014

Posted on 10/12/2014 10:21:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

New York state lawmakers and advocates of medical marijuana gathered in New York City on Sunday to discuss the implementation of a new state law authorizing medical marijuana.

The event drew potential patients, policymakers and hundreds of people interested in working in the new medical marijuana industry. State lawmakers voted this year to make New York the 23rd state to authorize pot for patients with conditions including AIDS, cancer and epilepsy....

(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cannabis; conservingdependency; economy; marijuana; medicalmarijuana; newyork; pot; wod; wosd
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Just what they need there. You can't drill for oil & gas, but you can toke on a doobie.
1 posted on 10/12/2014 10:21:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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"but you can toke on a doobie."

Actually not...

The law will not permit users to smoke the drug. It could be administered through a vaporizer or in an oil base. Marijuana could be prescribed for 10 diseases.

This is one of the strictest medical marijuana laws I've heard about. Sounds like it's targeted to people with severe illnesses.

2 posted on 10/12/2014 10:34:42 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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And will be loosened within 18 months. Didn’t Colorado’s law start out as medical only?


3 posted on 10/12/2014 10:36:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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Amazing that most people don’t realize the state’s objective for legalization is to make the masses ripe for the picking. When everyone is high all the time and addicted to porn, they’ll hardly care when their new Communist overlords take away what’s left of our freedoms.


4 posted on 10/12/2014 10:42:12 PM PDT by Paulie (Get off the grid.)
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Colorado voters passed their medical marijuana law in 2000. They voted to legalize it for recreation in 2012.

I expect it will be legal for medical purposes in most states soon, and for recreational use most places within 10 years.


5 posted on 10/12/2014 10:46:57 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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Free for kids in 10 probably, along with sex toys directly from schools.


6 posted on 10/12/2014 10:48:08 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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Nice straw man. Did you build it by yourself, or did somebody help you?


7 posted on 10/12/2014 10:49:02 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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leftists are easy to predict


8 posted on 10/12/2014 10:50:45 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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People aren’t smoking dope and shooting up now?


9 posted on 10/12/2014 10:51:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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When everyone is high all the time and addicted to porn, they’ll hardly care when their new Communist overlords take away what’s left of our freedoms.

Yeah right. Prohibition has done so much to defend the Bill of Rights... < /s>

10 posted on 10/12/2014 10:52:57 PM PDT by Ken H
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I can’t think of nothing worse than New Yawkers on drugs 24/7. This should be fun.


11 posted on 10/12/2014 11:02:23 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Got Ebola? Come to America! Die and have the family sue whitey.)
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Such a correct statement used to be widely accepted among conservatives. The libertarian corruption of the right-wing Internet makes even this statement controversial, which really says lots about the state of our society.


12 posted on 10/12/2014 11:10:18 PM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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Yeah right. Prohibition has done so much to defend the Bill of Rights... < /s>


Too bad we have the welfare state so you the taxpayer will be funding some druggie’s marijuana high.


13 posted on 10/13/2014 12:16:10 AM PDT by RginTN
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Yes, it’s so much better funding their booze and cigarettes.


14 posted on 10/13/2014 4:27:30 AM PDT by Wolfie
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So legalize another drug while keeping the welfare state intact is so awesome, right?!


15 posted on 10/13/2014 2:13:46 PM PDT by RginTN
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Its simple really...I’m not a welfare recipient, so leave me alone.


16 posted on 10/13/2014 2:30:07 PM PDT by Wolfie
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Other people do use their Welfare to get marijuana so nope can’t ignore that.


17 posted on 10/13/2014 3:19:43 PM PDT by RginTN
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“People aren’t smoking dope and shooting up now?”

I didn’t say that. I’m not looking at this from a WOD perspective, but a longer term strategy by the NWO crowd to soften up the American population to the point they will not resist when the Commies come knocking at the door.

Legalization and growing acceptance of MJ will necessarily result in more people smoking, more often. My argument is not whether by itself is a good thing or bad thing, just that it is part of the plan.


18 posted on 10/13/2014 8:52:33 PM PDT by Paulie (Get off the grid.)
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You are way off base. My post clearly was not about the Constitution and the so-called War on Drugs. It's a whole different issue, and a different argument. That should have been obvious.
19 posted on 10/13/2014 8:58:57 PM PDT by Paulie (Get off the grid.)
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They use welfare for cigarettes, booze and fatty foods too. So should those be illegal too?


20 posted on 10/14/2014 4:16:55 AM PDT by Wolfie
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