{"id":3909,"date":"2022-01-25T23:21:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T23:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CBMia2h0dHBzOi8vY29ubmVjdGljdXQubmV3czEyLmNvbS9ueS1leHBhbmRzLWNhbm5hYmlzLXByb2dyYW0tZ2l2aW5nLXBhdGllbnRzLW1vcmUtYWNjZXNzLXRvLW1lZGljYWwtbWFyaWp1YW5h0gEA"},"modified":"2022-01-25T23:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T23:21:06","slug":"ny-expands-cannabis-program-giving-patients-more-access-to-medical-marijuana-news-12-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=3909","title":{"rendered":"NY expands cannabis program, giving patients more access to medical marijuana &#8211; News 12 Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"byline\">\n<p><span class=\"public-at\">Jan 25, 2022, 11:19pm<\/span><span class=\"text\">Updated 2d ago<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By: <\/span><span class=\"author\">News 12 Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-testid=\"hero_image\" src=\"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ny-expands-cannabis-program-giving-patients-more-access-to-medical-marijuana-news-12-connecticut.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Doctors and health practitioners in New York can now prescribe medical marijuana for any ailment they see fit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabis.ny.gov\/news\/office-cannabis-management-launches-new-certification-and-registration-system-and-expands\">Office of Cannabis Management<\/a> announced the launch of a new certification system that makes it easier to use and expands the eligibility for patients who can benefit from medical cannabis. <\/div>\n<p>It will allow the certification of a patient by a doctor or eligible practioniner for any condition that the doctor believes can be treated with medical cannabis. <\/p>\n<p>The use of recreational cannabis is still a year away. On March 31, 2021, New York legalized adult-use cannabis, also known recreational marijuana, by passing the Marijuana Regulation &amp; Taxation Act (MRTA). That process is set to legally begin no sooner than March 1, 2022.<\/p>\n<div id=\"related-stories\" class=\"jsx-2652667184\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-2652667184\">Related <\/span><span class=\"jsx-2652667184\">Stories<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-icons\"><span>Share this story<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 25, 2022, 11:19pmUpdated 2d ago By: News 12 Staff Doctors and health practitioners in New York can now prescribe medical marijuana for any ailment they see fit. The Office of Cannabis Management announced the launch of a new certification system that makes it easier to use and expands the eligibility for patients who can benefit from medical cannabis. It will allow the certification of a patient by a doctor or eligible practioniner for any condition that the doctor believes can be treated with medical cannabis. The use of recreational cannabis is still a year away. On March 31, 2021,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ny-expands-cannabis-program-giving-patients-more-access-to-medical-marijuana-news-12-connecticut-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}