11/1/2009 by Chris Goldstein
NORML-NJ Exec Director
On October 19th the Ocean County College in Tom’s River, NJ hosted a debate on medical marijuana. A professor of Social Science, Brad Young, moderated. The opposition was Terrence Farley, a former county prosecutor and the now head of the NJ Narcotics Task Force Commanders Assn. Farley is a vehement prohibitionist and we’ve sparred over this topic on television programs before.
I represented the Coalition for Medical Marijuana – New Jersey www.cmmnj.org
Neither of us saw the questions prior to the debate and this question was particularly interesting. As an added bonus you get to see me address some of the reefer madness we encounter locally.
Essentially, “Should medical marijuana be covered by health insurance.”
Looking to see what started my rebuttal ? – watch the Previous Debate Segment.
So I pose the question to you all- Should medical cannabis be covered by health insurance?
More about medical marijuana in New Jersey at www.cmmnj.org
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Very useful post. It is very much helpful to select the proper health plan.
I think that insurance should cover Marijuana just as they cover other prescription drugs. Marinol is covered so should Marijuana be.
Will the health insurance enrollment counselor be able to help anyone if they don’t speak English? Yes. Most enroller agencies have multilingual staff that can communicate in many different languages or provide access to interpreter services. In most cases, they can assist and provide you with health insurance information in your language.
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I always make sure that my family gets Health Insurance from very reputable companies. health insurance is very important these days.~;;