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For some, grass just isn’t green enough tion Act. Miller, a proponent of medical marijuana, said there is a “tremendous dif ference” That hissing sound you may between medical-grade cannabis have heard here and there across and recreational varieties. the Five Towns and from Hemp“With the medical-grade prodstead Town Hall as April began uct there are many, many safety wasn’t the sound of marijuana checks,” said Miller, who pushed joints, pipes and bongs being lit, the state to approve marijuana but rather the expressions of for medicinal purposes more opposition from than a half-dozen local officials to years ago, before New York state’s she became a legisnew law decrimilator. Her son, Olinalizing what has ver, now 21, suffers long been considdaily seizures, the ered by many a result of a pre-birth “gateway drug” to stroke. The use of a more addictive narmedically precotics. scribed oil form of The law allows marijuana with a the possession of low concentration up to three ounces GEoRGE PAPPAS of tetrahydrocano f c a n n ab i s by Mayor, Atlantic Beach nabinol, or THC — those 21 and older. the compound that Legal recreational gives users a high pot, the growing market for med- —reduces the frequency and ical marijuana and what is severity of Oliver’s seizures. known as the hemp/cannabis/ “It is very hard to access, CBD (cannabidiol) industry are expensive, and there is still anticipated to be a $4 billion-a- inconsistency of product,” Millyear business boasting 30,000 to er said, referring to medical 60,000 jobs, according to industry marijuana. “The only good thing experts. is [the new law] expands condiState Assemblywoman Melis- tions. Now your doctor decides if sa Miller (R-Atlantic Beach) you qualify for medical cannavoted against what is called the Marijuana Regulation and TaxaContinued on page 11
By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
Courtesy Lily Buziashvili
NoRth WooDmERE RESIDENt Lily Buziashvili collected trash and hung the bag on the fence at the intersection of Hungry Harbor Road and Valley Lane West in North Woodmere.
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Debris collects by North Woodmere waterway the water,” she said. “It’s all called all the government there, stuck in the sticks [and] agencies she could think of. shrubs. “Lots of plastic, food “Usually I get the royal runFor the past four years or containers, you can’t imagine. around and not much else,” so, North Woodmere resident Disgusting. Everything I pick she said. “Though once they Lily Buziashvili has taken it up I put in plastic garbage came and cleaned some trash upon herself to pick up trash bags and toss over [the] chain off dry land. As you can see” and debris that collects along link fence. It hangs there until — she indicated the photos a 1.5-mile stretch of the area our sanitation guys can’t she has taken — “there’s called the Nassau County ignore it anymore.” storm basin, which extends Sanitary District 1 is much trash in the water. I’ve from Branch Boulevard to responsible for residential been cleaning this area by Hungry Harbor Road in that and commercial pickups in myself for a couple of years.” On Saturday, this reporter C-001674-05-001-MNS-FiveTowns-ROP-NassauHeraldJewishStar-StripAd-6.08X1_1 community. North Woodmere, Superintendrove along University Place, “I pick up everything that’s dent George Pappas said. on land, but cannot get into Buziashvili said she has Continued on page 12
By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
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