By Lauren Payne | January 9, 2013 What does “safe access” to medical marijuana mean, anyway? To patients as a whole, it means being provided access to convenient, reliable, affordable medicine. The specifics of safe access are where things get a little murkier. Some patients enjoy safe access through their local collective or dispensary; some [...]
By Drug Policy Alliance Staff | Published in TruthOut.org New Jersey’s first Alternative Treatment Center is scheduled to open today in Montclair. Greenleaf Compassion Center will see patients by appointment only, beginning at 10:00 a.m. At the moment, the center has scheduled about 20 patients in the order of their initial registration for the program. [...]
Three experts explain everything you need to know about the battle to legalize marijuana By Paul Armentano, Neill Franklin, Mason Tvert | Published in AlterNet.org PBS recently ran a Need to Know segment on marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado. The episode featured interviews with three prominent marijuana policy reform activists: Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML;Major [...]
By NORML | December 12, 2012 United States Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress — House Bill 6606, The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2012 — to amend the US Controlled Substances Act to provide that federal law shall not preempt state marijuana laws. The measure is sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado, and [...]
A New Jersey man convicted of marijuana manufacture after he grew 17 plants in his backyard to use to treat his multiple sclerosis was ordered to prison to begin serving a five-year sentence Wednesday even as he appeals his conviction to the state Supreme Court. By Philip Smith | Published in Stop the Drug War [...]
NJ joins VT and DE in implementing their medical marijuana distribution laws despite recent federal threats By Kris Hermes | July 20, 2011 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie held a press conference today to announce his plans to “begin work immediately” on his state’s pending medical marijuana program. “We’re moving forward with the program as [...]
Medical Marijuana Community Decries Federal Threats Against Public Officials By Kris Hermes | July 1, 2011 Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole issued a controversial memorandum Wednesday in an apparent attempt to clarify federal policy with regard to medical marijuana. Calling marijuana “a dangerous drug,” Cole’s memo threatened enforcement actions against “Persons who are in [...]
By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access At a press conference earlier today in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was peppered with questions about medical marijuana. This is understandable, given that a month ago U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha sent a letter to Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and other state officials threatening: [...]
By Darryl R. Isherwood | Published in PolitickerNJ New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow has requested guidance from the U.S. Attorney General on whether the state’s medical marijuana law presents legal issues for the licensed growers and dispensers of the drug or to state employees who monitor the law. In a letter to Attorney General [...]
By Danielle Camilli | Published in PhillyBurbs.com Activist NJWeedman has filed a brief in his pending criminal case arguing that the state’s medical marijuana is unconstitutional. Former Pemberton resident, Ed Forchion, now living and running a medical marijuana dispensary in California, submitted his brief Friday in Burlington County Superior Court, where he is fighting criminal [...]
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