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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Watch: Inside One of New York’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensaries [Watch (HLS stream): Watch: Inside One of New York’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensaries](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8UkmeWNa.m3u8) (2:15)  _Published 2016-01-22. Tour one of the five facilities that will provide cannabis for medical purposes_ --- Jul 28, 2023 4:23 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Inside the World of Medical Marijuana for Kids](/video/6Ic4KUCK/) ### Inside the World of Medical Marijuana for Kids [New York Becomes 23rd State To Legalize Medical Marijuana](/video/bkGVLBGh/) ### New York Becomes 23rd State To Legalize Medical Marijuana [An L.A. Medical Marijuana Odyssey](/video/kMnuIQf5/) ### An L.A. Medical Marijuana Odyssey --- ## Transcript It's not lost on me that every day I come to work, I'm in violation of federal law. [ SOUND ] Good afternoon, thank you for calling Vireo Health. This is Aashna. If you look around, we don't have pictures of Bob Marley, we're not playing his music. This is the setting of a doctor's office, of a neighborhood pharmacy. [ MUSIC ] The perception around marijuana And there's a stigma that's been a huge hurdle for us. Typical to New Yorker's, we were doing it in our own style. Somewhat similar to Minnesota, but a very cautious strict approach. Not every physician can recommend cannabis. Only those who have gone through a special training that is offered by the New York State Department. Of health. The dispensaries is where patients come, nd are able to purchase their medicine so long that they have a medical marijuana ID. And a recommendation from their physician. Currently there are only ten very severe debilitating diseases that we can serve patients for in New York. [ UNKNOWN ] examples would be HIV, cancer, epilepsy, sever spinal injury with spasticity, ALS. And in New York, we're allowed Three forms of these medications. The first, which most closely resembles a medication, is the capsule form. Second would be an oil form, that we are using probably most with out pediatric patients. The final form that we offer here is the vaporizer. Because cannabis is a schedule one drug Is considered federally illegal, medical cannabis products are not eligible for prescription drug coverage. That means that patients who come through our doors are paying out- of- pocket. And can pay anywhere from two to three hundred dollars a month. We're taking something that's been sold illegally for decades, and now we're creating a real market for it. 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