NEW YORK:  The New York State Department of Health continues to say medical marijuana will be available to patients by this coming January, but families and advocates aren’t so sure.

Christine Emerson has been fighting for the medicine for her daughter Julia.

“It takes 3 months to grow and harvest the plants,” Emerson said. “So that puts us really toward the end of the year, and we’re not even talking about producing the medicine and having it tested.”