Since New York passed the Compassionate Care Act, there’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the state and its upcoming medical cannabis program and the benefits of medicinal marijuana. First The New York Times released their six-part editorial calling for the end of cannabis prohibition, then The Washington Post and the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy gave their input, then Governor Cuomo called for an acceleration of the state’s program debut, and most recently, we placed the country’s first consumer cannabis ad in The New York Times.