Savino says her pot bill won’t go up in smoke
Is New York going to become the next state to legalize marijuana? It’s too soon to tell, but one Brooklyn lawmaker is doing her best to make sure it happens.
State Sen. Diane Savino (D-Coney Island-Bensonhurst-Staten Island) is the sponsor of a bill that would legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Patients suffering from cancer and other severely debilitating or life-threatening conditions could be treated with medical marijuana under the proposed legislation introduced by Savino and Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried (D-Chelsea-Hell’s Kitchen). The bill is co-sponsored by 68 other legislators. When the bill went to the Assembly Health Committee, it was approved by 21-4. Three of the committee’s seven Republicans voted in favor of sending the bill to the full assembly for consideration.
It’s a bill whose time has come, according to Savino.