Archive of Month: April 2016

State Sen. Diane Savino, a Staten Island Democrat who co-sponsored legislation creating New York’s medical marijuana program, is calling on Google to reconsider its prohibition on advertisements for medical marijuana products. In a letter sent last Thursday to Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Savino wrote that the Compassionate Care Act, the law that created the state-run medical marijuana program, “created a strong and tightly regulated model that takes every step possible to prevent any diversion or recreational use of...

As the presidential candidates make various stops around New York ahead of the state’s April 19 primary, a medical marijuana company is asking that candidates clarify their positions on medical...

Vireo Health, knowing perhaps, that three presidential contenders, Trump, Sanders, and Kasich, are in the Capital Region today, is inviting them to visit their medical marijuana facility in nearby Fulton...

For Immediate Release April 11, 2016 Media Contact: Jill Montag – (518) 326-6400 and (518) 852-8188 Vireo Invites Clinton, Cruz, Kasich, Sanders and Trump to Tour Medical Cannabis Cultivation Facility...

A medical marijuana company operating in Minnesota and New York is proposing cannabis as a potential way to wean Americans off narcotic painkillers. Vireo Health has issued a “draft protocol”...

For Immediate Release April 6, 2016 Media Contact: Jill Montag – 518-852-8188 Vireo Releases Protocol Aimed at Replacing Opioids with Medical Cannabis     Groundbreaking Observational Study to be Launched...

The company that opened the borough’s first medical marijuana dispensary, the Queens Patient Center in Elmhurst, in January is battling Google over the corporate giant’s refusal to carry its advertisements...