Tell him what you think in the comments.
Stern, of Dix Hills, was elected to a fifth term in 2013. He is an attorney specializing in elder law and estate planning. He graduated from Tulane University and Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
In clarification to the first question, I support the use of medical marijuana in New York, if and only if, a patient is diagnosed by a licensed medical doctor with expertise regarding the illness in question, as well as, sufficient understanding of the use of marijuana as treatment. Proper dosage amounts and monitoring of the drug’s effects must be ensured in order to prevent misuse or abuse.
In consideration of the second question, chronically ill children and teens should have the ability to be prescribed medical marijuana with doctor and parental approval, only if the prescribing doctor has specific expertise regarding that illness and adequate understanding of the use of marijuana to treat it. Proper dosage amounts and monitoring of the drug’s effects must be ensured in order to prevent misuse or abuse.
To clarify my answer to the third question, patients should only be able to choose from the options recommended by their physician.
In regards to the fourth question, points of distribution should be limited to health care related facilities. Also, it is not only a matter of where medical marijuana can be prescribed, but careful consideration as to whom can prescribe the drug must be taken into account. The prescriptions should only be written by medical doctors with expertise in the fields of such chronic illnesses with knowledge of the drug’s effects on individuals.
What do you think?