75.976 Cannabis for Seriously Ill Patients
The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) adopts as policy the following principles:
1) That the use of cannabis may have a role in treating patients who have been diagnosed with serious, debilitating illnesses, when all other treatments have failed; or when clinical trials have shown to demonstrate comparable efficacy to currently accepted treatments.
2) The Medical Society of the State of New York recognizes the risk of smoking cannabis and encourages the use of alternate delivery systems.
3) Physicians who recommend cannabis for patient use, subject to the conditions set forth above, shall not be held criminally, civilly or professionally liable.
The Medical Society of the State of New York supports continued high quality clinical trials on the use of cannabis for medical purposes. (HOD 2014-161; Reaffirmed HOD 2024)
