Though the legalization of medical marijuana has been a godsend for some Westchester patients, the industry is struggling. High costs coupled with weak demand and limited buy-in from area doctors threatens to kill the buzz.
To say there is little consensus in the medical community about the efficacy and appropriate use of medical marijuana hardly does justice to the spectrum of doctors’ opinions about the issue. Here in New York, where the Compassionate Care Act of 2014 makes medical marijuana legal for a very limited number of medical illnesses, doctors […]
Patients and advocates celebrated when medical marijuana became legal
in New York in 2014. But as the county begins implementing the
Compassionate Care Act this month, how much will it help them?