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2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 33-A - (3397-A - 3397-G) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH ACT
3397-A - Legislative findings.
NY Pub Health L § 3397-A (2012) What's This?
§ 3397-a. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that recent research has shown that the use of marijuana may alleviate the nausea and ill-effects of cancer chemotherapy, may alleviate the ill-effects of glaucoma and may have other therapeutic uses. The legislature further finds that there is a need for further research and experimentation with regard to the use of marijuana for therapeutic purposes under strictly controlled circumstances. It is for such research programs that the controlled substances therapeutic research act is hereby enacted.
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