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A Judge’s Plea for Pot

Gustin L. Reichbach is a justice of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn
The New York Times (US)
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The New York State Legislature is now debating a bill to recognize marijuana as an effective and legitimate medicinal substance and establish a lawful framework for its use. The Assembly has passed such bills before, but they went nowhere in the State Senate. This year I hope that the outcome will be different. Cancer is a nonpartisan disease, so ubiquitous that it’s impossible to imagine that there are legislators whose families have not also been touched by this scourge. (See also: New York judge with cancer makes case for marijuana)

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medical marijuana | US drug policy
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