Most New Yorkers support Cuomo medical marijuana pilot plan: poll

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Most New Yorkers support Cuomo medical marijuana pilot plan: poll

NEW YORK Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:32am EST

(Reuters) - Most New Yorkers support Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to allow the use of medical marijuana in a pilot program in up to 20 hospitals, according to a poll released on Monday.

Nearly half (49 percent) of the New York voters polled thought he should skip the pilot step entirely and legalize its medical use statewide, as has already happened in about 20 other states, the Siena College Poll said.

A total of 28 percent of New Yorkers said the pilot program was the way to go.

A slim majority of 54 percent, however, oppose following the lead of the states of Colorado and Washington and legalizing marijuana for recreational use; 41 percent supported such a move.

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[tridim]

1. SMH, a pilot program, in hospitals?

People need Cannabis medicine now, in their homes, in complete freedom, not a pilot program overseen by corporate-controlled doctors who don't know jack about the real medical benefits of Cannabis.

This is pathetic and a complete waste of time.

Just legalize it. Problem solved.

[RainDog]

2. Israel does this in hospitals

Patients are allowed to smoke cannabis in an area designated for the same when they are undergoing treatment for chemo, etc.