Volunteer at NORML-NJ Today!
January 13, 2009 By Frederic DiMaria, Jr., Esq., Chairman, NORML-NJ
As you may or may not know, NORML-NJ is a volunteer organization and is comprised almost entirely of dedicated individuals willing to sacrifice some of their time for a noble pursuit. As such we heavily rely on the kind generosity of countless people to assist us in our crucial mission of ending marijuana prohibition. If marijuana reform is important to you, it has never been a better time to volunteer a little time for NORML-NJ. With the passage of the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, the momentum is on our side and we must strike while the iron is hot!
Continue reading NORML-NJ Needs Your Help!
Cheech and Chong rolled into Atlantic City on July 17, 2010 and took time for a photograph with members of NORML-NJ.
Anne Davis, NORML-NJ Executive Director is directly behind Tommy.
More pics with Cheech and Chong soon!
New Jersey medical marijuana law goes back to basics
by Chris Goldstein 7-26-2010
Under increased scrutiny Governor Chris Christie’s medical marijuana plan has fallen apart. Proposals to make Rutgers University the sole cultivation source and have cannabis distributed at hospitals were a tantalizing prospect for everyone involved. But expert legal analyses have now matched the concerns pointed out by local medical marijuana advocates when the Governor first floated the concept weeks ago.
Now it appears that the law will go back to its original design, a move seen as a positive step for patient access.
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NJ residents may contact legislators here
Read the full text of NJ’s medical marijuana law http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/PL09/307_.HTM
Supporters of medical marijuana in New Jersey – National NORML has set up a service to email all NJ legislators and the Governor asking them to put The Compassionate Use Act into practice.
Please take a moment to send an email here
http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=15171111
Link to a blog summary of the topic is below-
NJ: Legislature may keep medical marijuana law intact
NORML-NJ Executive Director is quoted in this AP article
Christie considers changes to law.
Medical marijuana advocates concerned
By Geoff Mulvihill
Associated Press
Advocates of medical use of marijuana in New Jersey are buzzing over word that Gov. Christie is floating major changes to the way pot could be legally grown and distributed, before a system already signed into law can take effect.Rutgers University’s New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and the New Jersey Hospital Association said Friday that the administration had contacted them in recent weeks about taking a role in producing and distributing medical marijuana.
Both groups said the talks were preliminary and legal issues would need to be worked out first, but both said they’re interested.
The idea of having the university and hospitals as the sole growers and dispensers was first reported Friday by the Newark Star-Ledger. Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for Christie, would not speak about the plans Friday other than to say many options were being considered.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20100619_Christie_considers_changes_to_law_.html#ixzz0rIG0dwrH
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