Medical marijuana: Where Long Island officials stand

Background:

Palumbo is a member of the Assembly. Working with the State Senate, the Assembly can propose and pass laws that legalize and tax medical marijuana.

The New Suffolk resident graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., where he majored in government and received a law degree from St. John's Law School in 1998. He worked for six years as assistant Suffolk district attorney, where he became trial supervisor for five East End towns. He is now in private practice in Mattituck.

Questions:

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

No response

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

No response

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?

No response

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

No response

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

No response

His comments:

Palumbo has not filled in the survey.