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New Yorkers Support Legal Medical Marijuana

How is it that one of the most liberal states, with a Democratic governor and a Democratic majority in the state assembly, a state where popular support for legalization is overwhelming — a February poll from Quinnipiac University showed 88 percent of New Yorkers are in favor of legalizing Medical Marijuana -- how can such a left-leaning state lag so far behind its ideological peers?

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