Senate Democrats are counting on a pot of gold!
They want to legalize medical marijuana as a way to generate nearly $15 million in licensing fees to help plug the state’s $9 billion budget gap.
“It is the right thing to do and there is revenue attached to it,” said state Sen. Thomas Duane (D-Manhattan).
Duane and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan) are behind the plan to make it legal for folks with serious medical woes to score limited amounts of weed from state-certified distributors – or grow it themselves.
Full story: State Dems want to legalize medical marijuana to help plug budget gap