NY Will Let Patients Use Medical Marijuana in Hospitals

By James T. Mulder

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The state wants to let patients use medical marijuana in hospitals.

Hospitals will be allowed to create policies allowing patients to use the drug or have caregivers administer it to them under a regulation proposed by the state Health Department. The regulation is expected to go into effect in February.

That proposal is part of an effort by the state to expand New York's medical marijuana program.

Here are other changes in the medical marijuana program announced today by the state:

Wholesaling: Organizations licensed to grow and dispense medical marijuana will be allowed to sell it on a wholesale basis to other licensed organizations in New York state. Organizations that want to begin wholesaling must submit proposals to the state. 

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Source: Syracuse.com (via The Empire Report)