The Law Journal’s coverage of New York’s medical marijuana statute in the News in Brief on June 23, “Pilot Medical Marijuana Program Passes in Albany,” refers to the role of the late Justice Gustin Reichbach in advancing the dialogue and the legislation.
Shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer, Justice Reichbach made a plea for the availability and legality of marijuana for suffering patients like himself. He revealed that he had personally smoked marijuana to help him sleep, eat, and provide some relief from grueling pain. He did so in a New York Times opinion piece, which the Law Journal noted was considered “courageous.” For him the benefit was in the marijuana he smoked, and not in other forms prescribed by physicians, including pills and liquids. Yet under the new law, just as before, the judge would be committing a crime, since, at the governor’s insistence, sick and ailing adults may have access to vapors, but will still be prohibited from smoking marijuana.
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