The NYSDOH also recommended doubling the amount of growing facilities and dispensaries allotted, which the department believes will help “meet additional patient demand and increases access to medical marijuana throughout New York State.”

State Legislature and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo would have to pass the changes into law before the program could move forward with the NYSDOH’s recommendations.

In the past, Cuomo said he didn’t feel that the program was too limited or restrictive.

“You don’t have one on every corner because you don’t have that kind of demand. But if you need the drug, you can get the drug,” he said during a press conference in June.

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