Medical marijuana: Where Long Island officials stand

Background:

Rice began her career as a prosecutor with the Brooklyn district attorney's office in 1992. She became an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Philadelphia office in 1999. In 2005, she became the first woman elected to be Nassau district attorney. She is running to replace U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who announced early in 2014 that she would not seek re-election, in Congress.

Questions:

Do you support legalizing the use of medical marijuana in New York?

Yes

Should chronically ill children and teens be able to use medical marijuana with parental and doctor approval?

Yes

Ways to consume marijuana include smoking it, using it as an oil, taking it as a capsule and eating it.

Should medical marijuana be available in a variety of forms to allow patients to choose the form they use?

Yes

Should medical marijuana be limited for chronically ill patients and distributed by a limited number of hospitals as proposed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo?

Yes

Do you support legalizing the recreational use of marijuana as has been done in Colorado and Washington?

No

Her comments:

Rice did not provide any comments.