New Jersey

New Jersey and Virginia Recreational Marijuana Legalization Signed Into Law

New Jersey’s recreational marijuana legislation has become law and the Virginia recreational marijuana bill makes it the first southern state to legalize.

New York Cannabis Legalization Gaining Momentum

New York cannabis legalization would be another major feather in the cap of the cannabis legalization movement if and when it finally occurs.

New Jersey Legalization of Recreational Cannabis May Be Next

New Jersey legalization is expected to occur soon. Committees in the state Legislature moved a bill forward that would legalize recreational cannabis.

New Jersey Medical Cannabis Program Expanded

Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Tuesday, March 28th, 2018, that the New Jersey medical cannabis program will be expanded to include new qualifying conditions.

Chris Christie Continues His Anti-Marijuana Crusade

Chris Christie is the most unpopular governor in the United States, according to an…

Judge Say's N.J. Man's Medical Marijuana Should Be Paid By Workers' Comp

First Case Of Its Kind In New Jersey Judge say’s N.J. man’s medical marijuana…

New Jersey School Board Approves Policy For Administering Medical Marijuana

The school board gave final approval to the new policy December 20th 2016 New…

Gov. Chris Christie Calls Marijuana Sales "Blood Money"

Governor Christie Still Thinks Marijuana Is A Gateway Drug Gov. Chris Christie Calls Marijuana…

Students in New Jersey can now take their medical marijuana in schools

Students with life-threatening medical conditions can now legally take medical marijuana in New Jersey…

New Jersey teen with epilepsy denied medical marijuana treatment on school grounds

Although Genny Barbour consumed cannabis oil 13 months ago for epilepsy treatment, New Jersey courts restrict her marijuana treatments on school grounds.

Medical Marijuana for their three-year-old daughter

Seeking medical marijuana for their three-year-old daughter, New Jersey family moves to Colorado The…

Only Medical Marijuana Dispensary in New Jersey Closing Temporarily

By Susan K. Livio  |  Published in NJ.com Greenleaf Compassion Center in Montclair —…

First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in New Jersey

By Drug Policy Alliance Staff  |  Published in TruthOut.org New Jersey’s first Alternative Treatment…

New Jersey Medical Marijuana Patient Sent to Prison

A New Jersey man convicted of marijuana manufacture after he grew 17 plants in…

Gov. Christie Commits to "Begin Work Immediately" on New Jersey's Medical Marijuana Program

NJ joins VT and DE in implementing their medical marijuana distribution laws despite recent…

New Jersey Attorney General seeking guidance on Medical marijuana law

By Darryl R. Isherwood | Published in PolitickerNJ New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow…

Editorial: It's about time N.J. moves forward with medical marijuana growing, distribution plan

https://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2011/03/editorial_its_about_time_nj_mo.html#cmpid=v2mode_be_smoref_face We’re glad to see the state’s Compassionate Use Marijuana Act finally taking hold…

Regulations Covering Medical Marijuana Vary in 15 States

By Tracy Breton | Published in The Providence Journal Fifteen states plus the District of…

Christie Agrees to New Jersey Medical-Marijuana Regulations

New Jersey in January became the 14th U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana under a bill signed by former Governor Jon Corzine, a Democrat, before he left office.  Current Governor Chris Christie said he agreed to a compromise on the state’s medical marijuana regulations that will have the program operating by the summer.

Christie had initially wanted fewer dispensaries and more regulations on how the drug was grown and prescribed. The first-term governor said he was never opposed to the program, and wanted to ensure it would not result in abuse.

Christie told reporters today in Trenton the compromise represents “the best way to move forward on a responsible, medically-based program…”

Easing of N.J. Medical Marijuana Rules Stalls in Senate From Lack of Support

The battle over New Jersey’s fledgling medical marijuana program intensified Monday as the Assembly approved a measure that would repeal what critics describe as the “overly-restrictive” rules drafted by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration.

The same resolution hit a wall in the Senate, however, where Democrats could not muster enough votes in a house they control.

Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), who accused Christie of “overstepping his bounds” by “refusing to implement a program” create by law, said he pulled the item from the Senate agenda after learning Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) was absent and Sen. Brian Stack (D-Hudson) would vote no.

N.J. Senate, Assembly committees approve repealing medical marijuana rules

New Jersey State lawmakers took the first step toward repealing the rules drafted by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration for the state’s new medical marijuana program, saying they would block many worthy patients from getting the drug.

New Jersey Releases Rules on Medical Marijuana

NEW JERSEY — Last week New Jersey released draft rules for the registration and application process for patients, physicians and dispensaries in allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The Department of Health and Senior Services’ draft rules are pending public notice and publication in the New Jersey Register. Following official publication, a public hearing will be scheduled to allow comment on the draft rules.

Montel Williams with Federal Medical Marijuana Patient Irvin Rosenfeld

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Television personality Montel Williams plans to tell a New Jersey senate panel on Thursday how marijuana relieves his chronic pain caused by multiple sclerosis, and urge New Jersey lawmakers to enact medical marijuana laws, as 11 other states already have. Williams, 49, who was diagnosed with MS seven years ago, said he turned to marijuana to relieve debilitating knee and foot pain after trying Oxycontin and a variety of other drugs to no avail. read the full text here: https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2…

New Jersey Patients Fume Over Medical Marijuana Law Delays

NEW JERSEY – One of outgoing Gov. Jon Corzine’s last acts before leaving office in January was to sign New Jersey’s Compassionate Use Act Medical Marijuana Act, allowing qualified patients in the Garden State to use medical marijuana. The law was supposed to go into effect on July 1, and if Corzine had remained governor, most everyone involved in the process agrees that would have happened. But New Jersey voters chose to replace the Democrat Corzine with Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who has been dragging his feet. This summer, Christie asked for a six to 12-month delay in implementing the bill. The legislature gave him three months, until October 1. That means only that the state Department of Health will then begin drafting regulations. It will have another 90 days after that to do so, pushing the law’s effective date to January 1. But even that date is a chimera; given that registered patients will have to get their medicine from a state-licensed dispensary, or alternative treatment center, and given that marijuana takes a minimum of roughly three months to grow, even if potential dispensary operators are ready to go on January 1, it will be sometime in the spring of 2011 at the earliest before New Jersey patients are able to take advantage of the law.