The authorities of South American state of new York legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Also, in Massachusetts open "North-Eastern Institute of cannabis", where students will be taught the history and technique of cultivation of marijuana.
New York became the 23rd state of the United States, legalizovat use of marijuana. Consistent with the bill had already been approved by local legislators, signed on Monday the Governor of the state Andrew Cuomo.
"This law will help to simplify the punishment of seriously ill inhabitants of our planet. It will allow to derive the maximum benefit from marijuana, putting in all this its adoption under strict control," he said Cuomo, speaking at the new York Academy of medicine.
To distribute cannabis are 5 private firms under the control of the medical authorities of the state. Get it firmly recipes will be able people suffering from cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, neuropathy and some other serious diseases.
According to the law, patients are allowed to add marijuana in food, or to apply, the method of evaporation. For all this her Smoking and self-cultivation remain banned. The action program on the use of marijuana for medical purposes may be suspended at any time by resolution of the Governor, informs ITAR-TASS.
Let's add, the first state in the USA, legalizovat use of marijuana for medical purposes, began in 1996, California. According to the Federal laws of the United States, possession of even the not too much marijuana is illegal. At the same time, States are competent to make their own laws in this area. In Colorado and Washington legalized the use of marijuana is not only medical but also for recreational purposes.
Together with this, already in autumn of this year in Massachusetts will start training "North-Eastern Institute of cannabis", tells CNN. The program consists of 12 courses, during which students will explore the situation, the technique of cultivation and use of marijuana for medical purposes. The study will cost fifteen hundred dollars, and after the students will receive a certificate, said the founder of the school Mickey Martin.
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