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NJ Department of Health and Senior Services launched thier new website for the medical marijuana program. http://www.state.nj.us/health/med_marijuana.shtml To read the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act in its entirety, please visit www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S0500/119_R3.PDF. You may also contact our office at 609-826-3962 or send an email. By Anne M. Davis, Esq. On January 18, 2010 Governor Corzine signed S-119, the “New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.” Here is a basic rundown of the facts regarding the new law. - A doctor must provide a “certification” for the patient to use marijuana. - The doctor must be the primary physician or responsible for ongoing [...] Breaking news form NBC New York! Gov. Jon Corzine, in one of his last acts before leaving office, signed a medical marijuana bill into law. Advocates say the first critically ill patients should be able to light up before the end of the year if all goes well. “I’m actually pretty optimistic that it will [...] WHEN: 12 Noon January 11, 2010 WHERE: 100 W. State Street Trenton NJ: Supporters gather for historic medical marijuana vote Trenton – Patients and advocates are gathering on January 11, 2010 to witness an historic vote in the New Jersey legislature on medical cannabis. First introduced in 2005, The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act has bi-partisan [...] New Jersey so often pats itself on the back as a “progressive” state. It’s not, particularly in the area of criminal justice issues, especially drug related issues. On drug policy, New jersey leads the way in draconian sentencing schemes and obsolete thinking. Somehow the weight of this system is also placed primarily on minorities as New Jersey’s prisons house mostly minorities. Somerville – It was honest and sincere; it was the truth. On the stand in his own defense, John Wilson was allowed to tell the jury that he has Multiple Sclerosis. “I told them I was not a drug dealer and I was using the marijuana to treat my MS.” John had been asked what he [...] |
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