On June 5th
of this year, New York state created
a deadline for applications to produce and distribute medical
marijuana. The State Health Department can only
approve of five applicants. Greater New
York Hospital Association (GNYHA Ventures) has reported that they
have applied for one such license. North
Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System announced their application as
well.
North Shore-LIJHS has
partnered up with Silverpeak Apothecary (a
medical marijuana company in Colorado) for
their license. Michael Dowling, CEO of North Shore,
stated that “the importance of our
patients having access to every legal option to manage the symptoms
of their illness, if there is clinical evidence to support
marijuana’s use for the condition.”
Other academic medical
facilities have showed interest in
partnerships with license holders. The University
of Rochester Medical Center and Mount Sinai Health System in
Manhattan both expressed interest in
working with medical marijuana. Health insurance does not currently
cover medical marijuana. Having access to the
production and distribution of
medical marijuana allows medial facilities to research the drug for
treatments while providing access to their
patients. Medical marijuana could be available to New
York hospital patients as early as January 2016.
Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/nyregion/hospitals-back-providers-applying-for-new-york-state-marijuana-licenses.html?_r=0
