2006 New York Code - Legislative Purposes.

 
    § 3300-a. Legislative purposes. The purposes of this article are:
    1. to combat illegal use of and trade in controlled substances; and
    2.  to  allow  legitimate use of controlled substances in health care,
  including palliative care; veterinary  care;  research  and  other  uses
  authorized  by  this  article or other law; under appropriate regulation
  and subject to this article, title eight of the education law, and other
  applicable law.