U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rochester area families with children and loved ones in need of treatment pushed for passage of new bipartisan legislation that will allow the use of medical marijuana in states where it is legal without fear ...

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ALBANY (AP) — With New York’s medical marijuana program not planned to start until next year, parents of children with debilitating neurological conditions want Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers to make the drug available now for those with the greatest ...

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Jorge Melendez, 44, of Buffalo, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, was sentenced Wednesday to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Court Chief Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to ...

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation had bitter debates when it was deciding whether to allow casinos on the reservation and if alcohol should be sold in them. The arguments focused on the revenue and jobs casinos and liquor could ...

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This summer, New York State passed the Compassionate Care Act (Public Health Law § 3360 et seq.), becoming the 23rd state to permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The Compassionate Care Act allows qualifying patients who suffer from ...

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DENVER — The entrepreneurs of the young U.S. marijuana industry are taking another step into the mainstream, becoming political donors who use some of their profits to support cannabis-friendly candidates and ballot questions that could bring legal pot to more ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a bill Tuesday night that could make it a little harder for people to use government welfare payments to buy marijuana in states where the drug is legal. Supporters call it the “no welfare ...

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NEW YORK— While many liberal policy goals have proved elusive during Barack Obama’s presidency, there have been dramatic advances for two causes that once seemed quixotic — the legalization of same-sex marriage and the decriminalization of marijuana. Neither cause was ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A low-level marijuana case against 1980s subway shooter Bernie Goetz has been dismissed after a judge concluded the clock ran out for trying it. Goetz was busted in December on charges he sold $30 worth of ...

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ALBANY (AP) — New York state is partnering with a British company to hold clinical trials for marijuana-based medication for children who have seizures that are resistant to their medicine. An agreement was signed Sunday between Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration ...

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WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. drug enforcement official urged Congress and others Tuesday not to abandon scientific concerns over marijuana in favor of public opinion to legalize it, even as the Obama administration takes a hands-off approach in states where ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — At oral arguments this week, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court grilled attorneys arguing over whether a permanent resident caught with just enough marijuana to roll a few cigarettes committed an “aggravated felony” that rendered him ...

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