ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce in his State of the State he will use executive powers to have hospitals dispense medical marijuana, aides say.
The plan, to be announced during his Wednesday address, will bypass the state Legislature in calling for 20 hospitals across the state to dispense medical marijuana. The plan invokes a 1980 law allowing research into marijuana therapy for "patients who are involved in a life-threatening or sense-threatening situation," such as cancer and glaucoma, the New York Times reported.