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The unintended impact of New Jersey's new medical marijuana law on the
workplace
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Lowenstein Sandler PC,
Amy Komoroski Wiwi and Nicole P. Crifo
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USA
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January 22 2010
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On January 18, 2010, as one of his final acts before leaving office,
Governor Corzine signed into law the New Jersey Compassionate Use
Medical Marijuana Act, S. 119, 213th Leg., (N.J. 2010)
(ā€Compassionate Use Act,ā€¯ or the ā€Actā€¯),
making New Jersey the nationā€™s fourteenth state to legalize the
use of medical marijuana by qualifying patients. The law will become
effective on July 1, 2010, but in the interim, the Commissioner of the
Department of Health and Senior Services ("DHSS") and the Director of
the Division of Consumer Affairs ("DCA") will begin to take
administrative action to effectuate the provisions of the Act.
Employers
who perform drug testing on job applicants and/or employees should take
the time to revisit their policies on drug use and drug testing to
clearly state their position on medical use of marijuana so as to
navigate the various liabilities that may arise as a result of this
change in the law.
1. Introduction
The Act does not affect federal laws concerning marijuana, but
decriminalizes medical use of marijuana under New Jersey state law under
particular circumstances. Like the thirteen states that already allow
medical marijuana use, New Jerseyā€™s Act was passed to protect
from criminal prosecution patients who use medical marijuana to
alleviate the symptoms or side effects of treatment related to certain
ā€debilitating medical conditions.ā€¯ The debilitating
medical conditions covered by the Act include epilepsy, HIV, AIDS,
cancer, ALS and multiple sclerosis, among others. DHSS will maintain a
confidential registry of qualifying patients and issue registry
identification cards to these individuals.
The Act states that a
qualifying patient ā€shall not be subject to any civil or
administrative penalty, or denied any right or privilegeā€¯ related
to the medical use of marijuana, but it also explicitly provides that
employers are not required ā€to accommodate the medical use of
marijuana in any workplace.ā€¯
2. Employers Must Determine Whether They Wish to Consider Medical
Marijuana Use in Making Employment Decisions Based Upon Positive Drug
Test Results
Employers who perform drug testing on employees and job applicants
should consider carefully how they want to respond to the Act. As
mentioned above, the Act specifically exempts employers from
accommodating "the medical use of marijuana in any workplace.ā€¯
Though it is clear that employers are not required to permit employees
to use marijuana in the workplace, the extent to which this carve-out
may apply to an employer's treatment of job applicants or employees who
test positive for marijuana use in connection with routine drug testing,
is not directly addressed.
With certain exceptions, the courts in other
states that have considered similar legislation have generally
determined that employers are not required to accommodate any use of
medical marijuana by its employees or job applicants, whether at or away
from the employer's site. In other words, an employer probably will not
be required to consider whether an employee who tests positive for
marijuana use is a registrant under the state statute when making
employment decisions on the basis of a confirmed positive drug test
result for marijuana.
3. Employers Considering Medical Marijuana Use Must Consider Various
Factors
Whether or not required to do so, employers may wish to permit
applicants and employees who suffer from debilitating medical conditions
to explain a positive drug test result for marijuana, and to avoid
taking adverse employment action against individuals who possess a
registration identification card. Among other things, an employer must
consider:
(1) whether consideration of medical marijuana registry status
could subject it to liability under laws prohibiting disability
discrimination; (2) whether it will be able to verify an individual's
inclusion on the registry; and (3) whether an accommodation of medical
marijuana use is appropriate to a particular workplace.
1. Medical Marijuana Use and Disability Discrimination Laws In
particular, because the Act permits participation only by individuals
suffering from a "debilitating medical condition," employers presented
with registry identification cards will have constructive, if not
actual, notice that the employee or applicant at issue suffers from a
condition that likely qualifies as a disability under the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ā€ADAā€¯) and/or the New Jersey Law Against
Discrimination (ā€NJLADā€¯).
Both the ADA and the NJLAD
prohibit an employer from taking any adverse employment action against a
qualified individual on the basis of that individual's actual or
perceived disability, and may require an employer to provide a
reasonable accommodation to an employee or job applicant, unless doing
so would cause undue hardship for the employer. Employers choosing to
consider an applicant or employee's registration status when confronted
with positive drug test results must be cautious to avoid taking any
adverse action against that employee or applicant that could be
interpreted as being based on that individual's actual or perceived
disability. Accordingly, if an employer determines that it will consider
an individual's inclusion on the medical marijuana registry as a
"defense" to a positive drug test result, the employer should not
thereafter take adverse action against that individual on the basis of
the positive drug test result.
2. Verification of Registrant Status Of concern to employers is the
possibility that its applicants or employees who are not actual
registrants may attempt to use the Act as an excuse for a confirmed
positive drug test result by presenting counterfeit medical marijuana
registry cards. As written, the Act does not provide employers with any
method to verify an individual's inclusion on the registry.
Indeed, the
Act declares the registry list confidential and restricts access to DHSS
and DCA personnel for use in connection with their official duties and
law enforcement personnel as necessary to verify that an alleged medical
marijuana user is lawfully in possession of a registry card. Though it
is possible that the DHSS or DCA may enact regulations that will permit
employers to verify an employee's or applicant's status, employers may
have to coordinate with law enforcement to verify an individual's
registry status, or be unable to do so at all.
3. Workplace Safety and Security Employers may wish to consider the
character of a particular workplace when determining how they will
respond to a qualifying patient who tests positive for marijuana. For
instance, if the use of marijuana ā€" even for medical purposes
ā€" could pose a threat to the safety of employees in the
workplace, an accommodation of medical marijuana use may not be
possible.
Employers in such a position should consider adopting a policy
that does not permit applicants and employees to explain a positive drug
test result for marijuana by presentation of a registry card. Instead,
those employers should adopt a policy that will treat all individuals
testing positive for marijuana in the same manner regardless of registry
status.
4. What Employers Need to Do
* Review the companyā€™s policies and other documents
addressing drug use and testing (including drug testing consent forms)
and update them as necessary to state your position on medical marijuana
use by job applicants and employees.
* Ensure that all Human Resources and drug testing personnel are
aware of the companyā€™s policy
regarding medical marijuana.
* Adopt appropriate measures for maintaining the confidentiality of
employees'
and applicants' registry status.
* Maintain uniformity in the enforcement of any drug testing policy
and response to positive test results.
* Be cautious when presented with a medical marijuana defense to a
positive drug test, and contact legal counsel whenever an employee
requests an accommodation for medical marijuana use
in order to
determine whether the typical application of the companyā€™s drug
policy is appropriate.
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| Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 3 ---
Legislation: New Jersey CDS laws apply. Possession of 50 grams or less of marijuana or being under the influence of marijuana is a disorderly persons offense, punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. Possession of greater than 50 grams is punishable by up to 18 month in jail and a fine of up to $25,000. Any possession within 1,000 feet of a school adds an additional 100 hours or more of community service to the sentence.
Law Enforcement: Cops patrol blocks but still tranactions can be made safely. Passaic Park has undercovers. Passaic park undercovers tend to follow and let u smoke a few times then bust u if you’re a regular
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Compassionate Associates Rebuts NJ Govenor |
Let’s Be Blunt with Governor Christie!
The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (“CUMMA”) deems
medical marijuana to be “medicine” – based on proven, scientific and medical
research. While the new law will literally benefit the lives of thousands of New
Jersey patients (and their families and loved ones), it is also the strictest medicalmarijuana
law in the country. Under the law, a very limited number of patient
illnesses/conditions are included for medical-marijuana treatment. In addition,
after receiving a physician’s “certification” for medical-marijuana use in
accordance with CUMMA, “qualified” patients are then allowed to register with
only a single Alternative Treatment Center (ATC), and the patient must then
purchase all of his/her medical marijuana at that single location.
Moreover,
unlike the other 13 states that have decriminalized medical marijuana, the New
Jersey law does not allow a medical-marijuana patient to grow even the
smallest amount of the medicine on their own (such growing-activity is still
criminal and illegal in New Jersey, even by a medical-marijuana “qualified,”
patient with a certification from a doctor . . . ).
In sum, New Jersey has enacted in CUMMA the most restrictive medicalmarijuana
program in the entire country. (Hey, it aint perfect and
CompassionAssociates.org is looking to expand the law’s reach, but we will take
it!) However, while campaigning for office, Governor Christie publicly stated
many times, on record, that he vehemently opposed CUMMA because “it was too
lax.”
Governor Christie’s opinion aside, after both the New Jersey Senate and
Assembly separately debated, voted on, and passed CUMMA, it was signed into
LAW by then-Governor Corzine. Read more >>>
The Face of New Jersey Medical Marijuana |
What is in a name? Well, a lot. A name identifies us, describes us, and whether we like it or not,
a name often defines us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson may have said it best, “No orator can top the
one who can give good nicknames”. But names come in many different forms and origins. Your
first name came from your parents and was a result of the time period and culture in which you
were born. But your names that you acquire throughout your life come from many different
sources. You might be goalie, best friend, a lifeguard, Prom King/Queen, Spouse, Manager,
Parent, Senator and Grandparent. However, you may also acquire some names which you really
wish you did not want: fatso, victim, inmate, divorcee, defendant and often the most difficult of
all “patient”.
Once you get that title (xyz illness patient), everything else seems to change. It’s as
if your life up to that point is permanently altered by this new title. Everything about your health
is going to be referred to the past tense. I WAS fine until...I WAS able to do that until... and My
friends used to invite me until... And often the most hurtful of all is the loss of your most
precious title, your name. From now on you will be referred to as the guy with (XYZ) illness,
the (XYZ) disease patient or spouse of the (XYZ) sufferer. Read more >>>
more News >>>.
New Jersey (NJ) Cannabis Law, by NORML.
State Laws » New Jersey Laws & Penalties:
Conditional Release, Legalization, Medical Marijuana
... Visit - norml.org/laws/item/new-jersey-penalties-2.
New Jersey (NJ) MJ LEGAL Resources, by NORML.
NORML Legal Committee members, and more for New Jersey, by NORML - the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
... Visit - http://lawyers.norml.org/new-jersey.
Also, here are some national / international Resources -
The Laws concerning marijuana in New Jersey. By NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Visit: http://norml.org/laws/nj
for more.
LegalJoint: New Jersey Marijuana Law. A general overview of marijuana law in the state of New Jersey including legal implications for anyone cultivating, using, selling or in possession of marijuana or paraphernalia. ... New! Medical Marijuana Brief Bank ... Visit:
http://www.legaljoint.net/state_info/US_content.asp
Places that have decriminalized non-medical cannabis in the United States -
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Multiple places have decriminalized non-medical cannabis in the United States; however, cannabis is illegal under federal law. Gonzales v. Raich (2005) held in a 6-3 decision that the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution allowed the federal government to ban the use of cannabis, including medical use even if local laws allow it.
Most places that have decriminalized cannabis have civil fines, drug education, or drug treatment in place of incarceration and/or criminal charges for possession of small amounts of cannabis, or have made various cannabis offenses the lowest priority for law enforcement.
Contents: Map, List of States,
References,
External links ...
Visit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_that_have_decriminalized_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States
U.S. Marijuana Laws, Medical Marijuana Facts, Cannabis, Hemp | Provides U.S. Marijuana Laws, Facts About Marijuana, Marijuana Drug Testing, Drug Detection Times, Medical Marijuana, and Information About Your Rights ... North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon... visit - www.usmarijuanalaws.com
NORML - the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
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updated and revised Congressional Scorecard. The Scorecard is an all-encompassing database that assigns a letter grade 'A' through 'F' to members of Congress based on their marijuana-related comments and voting records.
Be sure to vote and #TakeAction on election day in support of marijuana-friendly candidates and marijuana law reform! >> visit:
norml.org/congressional-scorecard/new-jersey
Drug Policy Alliance: Reform in New Jersey | Drug Policy Alliance New Jersey, directed by Roseanne Scotti, is dedicated to making New Jersey a leader in drug policy reform. New Jersey’s ineffective and counterproductive drug policies have increased the harms related to drug use and wasted taxpayer money. Drug Policy Alliance New Jersey advocates for effective drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights.
We’ve already achieved significant victories for sterile syringe access and ameliorating the collateral consequences of ineffective drug policies.
... visit:
http://www.drugpolicy.org/about/stateoffices/newjersey/
NORML / A Page Just For You / Medical Marijuana Patients | This section is to help you locate the information you need to become fully informed regarding medical marijuana -- as well as play an important role in changing America’s misguided marijuana laws.
Select One, All States and Canada, Mexico, Europe, Other ... visit:
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4482
DrugInfo - Medical Cannabis: USA > In Search of a Viable Distribution System for Oklahoma's Medical Marijuana Program ... Medicinal Cannabis: USA Federal: Legislation, Court Decisions and Commentaries States: Legislation and Programs. Click here for more.
Others? Will be listed here. As we get the info. You can also check the Events and News sections to see if there are any Items posted there. Know about one yourself? Post it on the Bulletin Board, below.
ASA - Americans For Safe Access: New Jersey > Medical cannabis (medical marijuana) Advocacy resources in New Jersey
>> Legal Info |
Find resources on your state and federal law, how to become a patient, case law, regulations, and what to do when facing state or federal charges.
Does your state need help with legislation?
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Start a Chapter, Action Group, or Affiliate
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No ASA resources in your area? Learn how to start your own Chapter or Action Group, or how to become an Affiliate. visit -
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NORML - the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws | Medical Use by State. All States and Canada Mexico Europe Other ... See Map >> norml.org/marijuana/medical and more.
ASA - Americans For Safe Access: Medical and Scientific Information about Cannabis (marijuana) >>
Resources for Patients
| Discover how to talk to your doctor about medical cannabis, how to become a state-authorized patient, basic science and legal rights for patients, how to safely use medical cannabis, and how to get involved with medical cannabis advocacy.
Resources for Medical Professionals & Researchers
| The medicinal properties of cannabis are varied given the multiplicity of physiological roles of the endocannabinoid system, a ubiquitous molecular signaling system at which compounds in cannabis have robust receptor-based actions. Here is information regarding medical marijuana practice policies and procedures in your locality, as well as scientific and practice ethics information. >>
www.safeaccessnow.org/medical
Patients Out of Time is a patient advocacy organization with a universal constituency. They support the rights of patients to have a legal and safe access to the therapeutic use of cannabis. The mission of their organization, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, is the education of health care professionals and the public about the therapeutic use of cannabis. Their leadership is composed of medical and nursing professionals with expertise in the clinical applications of cannabis and five of the seven patients (two wish to remain anonymous) who receive their medical cannabis from the US government. Patients Out of Time is the only national non-profit in the United States that focuses only on therapeutic cannabis issues. Visit - www.medicalcannabis.com
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). Join the Marijuana Policy Project! State officials confirm Supreme Court decision does not impact state medical marijuana laws. Medical Marijuana Briefing Paper - 2005. Until 1937, marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) was legal in the United States ... Hawaii enacted a medical marijuana law via its state legislature in 2000 and ... Visit: www.mpp.org/medicine.html
DrugSense: Drug Law Reform ... of Justice Statistics, State Court Organization, 1998 (Washington, DC ... Cannabis in Medical Practice: A Legal, Historical and Pharmacological... Visit: www.drugsense.org
American Medical Marijuana Association ... Medical Marijuana Farmacy | West Virginia. State registration program, Dept of Health and Social Services 907-465-5423. Colorado. State registration program (303) 692-2184 medical.marijuana ... visit:
http://americanmarijuana.org/
Cannabis Freedom Activist Network | Cannabis Freedom Activist Network's Guide To Cannabis Research is a service of Freedom Activist Network. Browse http://FreedomActivist.Net/index.html
to view the complete guide to Freedom Activist Network.
LegalJoint: Medical and Other Marijuana Links. A selection links to HIGH quality canabis web sites, related to medical or recreational mmj use. of Columbia FEDERAL Florida West Virginia Guam West Virginia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky West Virginia ... Willie Wortel Workshop. West Virginia Medical Marijuana Institute and Cannabis Club ... visit:
http://www.legaljoint.net/bust.asp
OCBC's Links Page. Organizations Supporting Medical-cannabis Reform. Americans for Safe Access(ASA) coordinates "...a nation-wide day of action to push back DEA attempts to re-criminalize medical cannabis! ... Washington Citizens for Medical Rights, sponsored a successful medical cannabis ballot measure in November 1998. "As a result, this Initiative is now State ... Visit: www.rxcbc.org/links.html
Excellent medical info on cannabis, Washington State's I-692 Medical Marijuana Law ... Greencross. Washington State based buyer's cooperative based in Seattle. Trailblazer in state ... Visit: www.seattlehempfest.com/links.php < for more.
Marijuana links. Popular Searches: Medical Marijuana Links. Marijuana Research Links. ... about marijuana, The Washington State Medical Marijuana Act CHAPTER 69.51A RCW This is ... an activist for medical marijuana. Chronic Cannabis Use A report on ... Click > here < for more.
Open Directory - Society: Issues: Health: Drugs: Illegal: Pro-Legalization: Marijuana: Medical Purposes ... to providing medical cannabis to those in need. Initiative 692 - Medical Marijuana - WCMR of Washington State ... use of medical cannabis in the state of Colorado. Medical Marijuana ...
click > here < for more.
Others? Will be listed here. As we get the info. Know about one yourself? Post it on the Bulletin Board, below.
New Jersey (NJ) - Cannabis.com Forums Message Boards - Medical Marijuana ... | New Jersey (NJ) - State of New Jersey, United States ...
Contact Us - Medical Marijuana, California Cannabis, Cannabis Clubs, Co-Op, ... Visit -
http://boards.cannabis.com/new-jersey-nj/
Ganja Grocer | We are your Medical Marijuana Resource Center. Learn How to Become a Legal Medical Marijuana Patient. If you live in a state with Medical Marijuana Laws, Come visit our forums today! Visit - www.ganjagrocer.com < for more.
CANNABIS.COM - is based in california and focused on providing the best possible resources for future and current medical marijuana patients, activists, and supporters. MessageBoard Forum. Cannabis FAQs. Image & Picture Gallery. Medical Marijuana. Vaporizer FAQ. Advertising Information ...
Visit: www.cannabis.com
Cannabis Community Coalition. Forum for Medical Marijuana & Medicinal Cannabis Patients. ... visit: cannabiscom.blogspot.com < for more.
The Compassionate Coalition's mission: To defend the rights of medical marijuana patients and care providers through education and community participation. A nonprofit grassroots organization that helps build and support local chapters nation-wide, linking them with other medical marijuana reform organizations and resources.
Contact Information -
Mailing Address:
The Compassionate Coalition *
1500 Oliver Road, Ste-K *
P.M.B. #248 *
Fairfield, CA 94533-3473 *
(NOTE: When sending mail to this address, please be sure to write "The Compassionate Coalition" in the address line. Thanks!) *
Fax: (916)266-7455 * or Visit:
www.compassionatecoalition.org/forum
The Amsterdam THC Ministry, First Universal Church of Kantheism, is based on ancient wisdom, modern science and the enlightening and healing properties of the cannabis sacrament.
Their mission includes liberating the sacred cannabis hemp plant and the minds and spirits of those who do and of those who do not revere it. May we all enjoy the rich, abundant, joyful and awakened life that is part of our natural inheritance.
Visit:
www.thc-ministry.net/forum
Ya-Hooka; Forum Jump, FAQ, Today's Posts, Links Register, Community ... and more
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Welcome to the Cannabis Classifieds Want Ads. To buy cannabis for medical purposes is legal in some areas. Here you will find hundreds of medical doctors, professional growers, and prescription patients in need who want to buy cannabis legally but can't find each other. Visit: www.cannabisclassifieds.com/cannabiswant.html
New Jersey Event | Global Marijuana Marches -
7 cities from New Jersey have signed up one or more years since 1999.
See more about:
Belmar, Bridgeton, Camden, New Brunswick, Newark, Ramapo, Summit
...
Visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Category:New Jersey.
Global Marijuana March > Belmar:
New Jersey, USA |
2010: march is now scheduled for May 3, at 4:10 p.m., march at 4:20 p.m. from Welsh Farms on 19th ave. in Lake Como, to First Avenue in Belmar.
* contact -
If anyone is interested contact Jesse Patrick for information.
MySpace: Sons of Liberty.
*
plus, City info; Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel: Monmouth_County,
WeBeHigh.com - City page: Belmar
* visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Belmar,_New_Jersey,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Bridgeton:
New Jersey |
Pearl Street in Bridgeton, NJ
* contact -
Matthew fazzio,
mattfazzio(at)yahoo.com -or-
856-332-3066;
*
City info; Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel
* visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Bridgeton,_New_Jersey,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Camden:
New Jersey |
2009:
Medical marijuana seminars at Rutgers University/Camden Law School:
- http://www.cmmnj.org/Minutes/Coalition_Meeting_Minutes-March10.htm;
2000:
GMM links:
- http://www.njweedman.com/freedom_rally.htm
- http://www.marijuana.com/legalization-decriminalization/190-new-jersey.html
* contact -
links:
- http://org.law.rutgers.edu/o-ssdp
- www.cmmnj.org
*
City info; Google Maps: Camden, NJ,
Wikipedia: Camden, New Jersey,
Wikipedia: Rutgers, Camden,
Wikitravel: Camden (New_Jersey),
WeBeHigh.com - City page: Camden,
* visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey,_USA
Global Marijuana March > New Brunswick:
New Jersey, USA |
On College Ave across from Student Center, noon.
* contact -
Jenna Schaal-O'Connor,
Rutgers SSDP -
Jennasoc(at)eden.rutgers.edu -or-
908-892-6037
--or- cmmnj.org
- Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey.
*
Facebook: Medical Marijuana New Jersey- Compassion and Common Sense!
Facebook: Rutgers University Students for Sensible Drug Policy (New Brunswick).
- normlnj.org
- NORML NJ. National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, New Jersey.
City info; Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel
* visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Newark:
New Jersey |
2008:
See 2008 GMM, and GlobalMarijuanaMarch.org archive, 2.
Rally 4:20 PM, Friday, May 2
2007:
GMM-MMM: http://www.globalmarijuanamarch.org/2007.php#unitedstates
* contact -
Danny Newkirk,
973-230-0852 -or-
862-438-6674,
Links:
- www.cmmnj.org
*
City info; Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel
* visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Ramapo:
New Jersey, USA |
Ramapo College of New Jersey
* contact -
New Jersey NORML
*
Youtube search: Marijuana March. Add city name.
New Jersey. Cannabis-related links.
City info;
Google Maps,
Wikipedia,
Wikitravel.
* visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Ramapo,_New_Jersey,_USA
Global Marijuana March > Summit:
New Jersey, USA |
* contact -
Adam Wells,
908-868-6900
*
New Jersey. Cannabis-related links.
City info; Google Maps, Wikipedia, Wikitravel
* visit - http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Summit,_New_Jersey,_USA
ASA: Events | 3rd Annual Candlelight Vigil for Medical Cannabis Patients Saturday, April 22nd 2006 8 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PhillyNORML will host it's 3rd annual ... visit - www.safeaccessnow.org/calendar.php?calid=315
HempFests | Street Fairs, Festivals and Farmers Markets - Music, Food and Stuff for Sale or Barter - any opportunity for activists to booth, people to gather and businesses to vend ... like any local versions of the Seattle Hempfest ... will be listed here as we find out about them.
Marches | Demonstrations, Rallies and similar Action Items any situation where activists are trying to educate or draw attention to - yet another - victim and people are congregating ... like the Million Marijuana Marches ... will be listed here as we find out about them.
Other Types? Will be listed here. As we get the info. Know about one yourself? Got an Idea? Post it on the Bulletin Board, below.
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A bill to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol, A2068, was introduced at the beginning of this year by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, and more recently he introduced a bill that would allow the voters to decide whether to legalize marijuana — but only in Atlantic City — in an attempt to boost the city’s failing economy. Another bill, to tax and regulate marijuana statewide, is expected later this year from Sen. Nicholas Scutari, who recently went on a fact-finding mission to Colorado.
Voters throughout the state are ready for reform; 58 percent of New Jerseyans support replacing prohibition with regulation according to a 2015 poll. Yet, under current New Jersey law, possession of even a single joint for non-medical purposes is punishable by up to six months of incarceration and up to a $1,000 fine.
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An impressive coalition of public safety, medical, civil rights and religious organizations, and individuals is working to enact sensible marijuana policies in the Garden State, including the ACLU of New Jersey, NAACP State Conference of New Jersey, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), and MPP.
The coalition — New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform (NJUMR) —advocates ending prohibition by legalizing, taxing, and regulating marijuana like alcohol for adults. Please check out the coalition’s site, and then urge your legislators to support treating marijuana similarly to alcohol.
New Jersey medical marijuana program slowly growing despite onerous restrictions
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Although the Garden State’s medical marijuana program was signed into law in 2010, implementation has been slow. Currently, it serves less than 8,000 patients — a far lower proportion of the population than most other medical cannabis states — despite having been made law more than five years ago. Meanwhile, only five of the six permitted treatment centers are operational. Gov. Chris Christie has attributed this to a lack of demand for medical marijuana and ignored the fact that some families have been forced to move to Colorado to access the medicine they need.
The low participation is more likely caused by unreasonably strict requirements, including that patient eligibility must be reassessed at least every 90 days, and doctors must register and take a course in order to recommend medical marijuana. As a result, only about 380 doctors — out of over 27,000 actively practicing in the state — can recommend. In addition, the prices for medical cannabis are among the highest in the nation, making the program inaccessible for many patients, 48% of whom receive benefits from Medicaid or similar programs.
In a bright spot, a panel of experts that will be allowed to add additional qualifying conditions has finally been appointed, and petitions to add qualifying conditions are being accepted August 1 through August 31, 2016. Meanwhile, the legislature sent Gov. Chris Christie a bill that adds PTSD as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis.
He has until September 16 to sign or veto the bill, or it will become law without his signature. New Jersey is also one of the only jurisdictions that explicitly allows minors to use medical marijuana at school.
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The New Jersey State Senate approved the "New Jersey Compassionate use Medical Marijuana Act" (S119)
on Monday, February 23, 2009 at approximately 4:20 PM by a
vote of 22 to 16 in the State House Senate Chambers in Trenton, NJ. Many
supporters of the bill attended the voting session, led by the Coalition for
Medical Marijuana--New Jersey, Inc. (CMMNJ). The senate vote was a significant
step in the legislative process to protect patients who use marijuana on the
recommendation of a physician. The bill will next go to the New Jersey
Assembly, the lower house, for votes in the health committee and entire assembly.
Governor Jon Corzine has said on several occasions that he supports medical
marijuana and that he will sign the bill when it gets to his desk. New Jersey
would become the 14th state in the nation to legalize medical marijuana if it
passes this legislation into law.
S119 will remove the state penalties for the possession, use and cultivation
of a small amount of marijuana when a licensed physician recommends it for a
debilitating medical condition. Qualifying medical conditions include
chronic pain, cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Crohnā?Ts disease, etc. Patients
will be issued ID cards in a program run by the New Jersey Department of
Health and Senior Services (DHSS). Patients will be permitted to grow up to six
plants and possess one ounce of marijuana, but they will not be permitted to
use their therapeutic marijuana in public or while operating motor vehicles.
Patients may designate a caregiver or treatment center to grow the plants
for them, but the caregiver/center must also register with DHSS. CMMNJ
Executive Director, Ken Wolski, RN said, ā?oThe bill is very conservative. No medical
marijuana state has a smaller plant limit or possession amount. Still, it
will help a tremendous number of patients here. We applaud the senators who
supported this bill.ā?¯ The American Nurses Association, the American College of
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SHORE MAN RECALLS WIFE'S MEDICAL-MARIJUANA FIGHT |
On her deathbed in 2003, Cheryl Miller made her husband James promise her that he would not give up their fight to have the use of marijuana for medical purposes legalized.
Having suffered from a debilitating form of multiple sclerosis since 1971, Miller used marijuana to ease the painful symptoms of her disease.
Together, the Toms River couple engaged in carefully crafted acts of civil disobedience that culminated in 1998 with chomping down a piece of marijuana outside the office of a congressman opposed to legalization of the drug for any reason.
So when the Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would make New Jersey the 14th state to allow chronically ill patients access to marijuana for medical reasons, the occasion was bittersweet for James Miller, 57, who still lives in Ocean County.
"I didn't hear the name Cheryl Miller mentioned. It's not why I went, to hear my late wife's name mentioned," Miller said Wednesday, during a speech at the Red Bank Public Library.
"You'd think maybe somebody who stood there in the beginning, virtually by herself . . .," he continued, before stopping himself. "When I say stand, she couldn't move her arms or her legs by herself at all -- I mean that figuratively. So why do I think that was an oversight?"
Though Cheryl Miller is credited with helping bring down former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr's re-election bid in 2002 over the issue, a position that Barr has since reversed, the controversial, in-your-face tactics of the Millers have not exactly endeared them to the protocol and image-conscious political establishment.
But in the 1990s, when the legalization of medical marijuana was seen largely as a backdoor, slippery slope effort to decriminalize cannabis altogether, unorthodox means were the only way the Millers could gain any attention.
"The press wouldn't come to our house," James Miller recalled. "So she had me push her wheelchair across Seaside (Heights) to Trenton, 58 miles in 25 hours . . . that's all I had do in '93 to get television stations, radio stations and newspapers to show up. They didn't care this could save a woman's life; they didn't care if it was a medical miracle. They cared to see a dog and pony show. But I've kind of learned how to do that ever since. Give them what they need when they show up."
James Miller said the power of his late wife's advocacy was inversely proportionate to the destruction of her body by the disability.
"The worse she got, the stronger she got as an advocate," he explained.
Law enforcement officers were reluctant to charge and therefore be forced to process a dying woman in so much visible agony that she needed either to lie down or be immobile in a wheelchair.
Despite having heard it countless times, the story of the Millers still gives goose bumps to Colleen Begley, 29, of Moorestown, a volunteer with the Coalition for Medical Marijuana -- New Jersey, who is now moving on to work with Students for Sensible Drug Policy in Pennsylvania, one of a handful of states where the battle lines move next.
Begley said the bill would not have passed the Legislature at this time if it were not for the work of Cheryl and James Miller, and that promise he made to his wife more than six years ago. "He's really become such a wonderful, powerful speaker. . . . He has helped us so much here in New Jersey," Begley said. "It was Jim who said, "Let's get a medical marijuana bill here in New Jersey to help people like my dying wife.'"
Miller said he is writing a book about the fight that he and his wife waged over two decades from the Statehouse in Trenton to Capitol Hill in Washington, and even in front of the White House. Miller has been arrested more than once.
He said American society developed a completely unreasonable perspective on marijuana in the 20th century, in which the drug was erroneously lumped into a category of dangerous substances in the absence of any legitimate science to support that position. Nevertheless, the stigma persists to this day.
"To say "medical marijuana,' some, I don't know how many hundreds of thousands of times over the years, people start to kind of separate it, almost like, well, that would be OK, rather than "marijuana for the sick.' Because then, it's "Oh no, not marijuana!'
"I could go to a mall, right now, and say any one of George Carlin's seven dirty words as loud as I want or say "marijuana,' and marijuana is going to get me kicked out of there quicker and get more people to look, because it's that word."
Cheryl and Jim Miller were recipients of the Peter McWilliams Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Advancing the Cause of Medical Marijuana at the 2003 National NORML Conference.
Newshawk: Cheryl's Memorial Website
Pubdate: Sat, 16 Jan 2010
Source: Asbury Park Press (NJ)
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CORZINE SIGNS LAW TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA |
With New Jersey's endorsement of medical marijuana, there may be no stopping the rehabilitation of cannabis from illegal drug to legitimate therapy.
Late yesterday, Gov. Corzine signed a law making New Jersey the fourteenth state to legalize medical pot. Four more states and the District of Columbia are expected to follow suit by year's end.
Many things are driving this sea change. The federal government last year announced that it would no longer prosecute medical marijuana smokers in states where it is legal, while the National Institutes of Health has begun funding research on medicinal use in a reversal of a long-standing policy.
Gallup Polls show a solid majority of Americans sympathetic to therapeutic marijuana use.
And the usually conservative American Medical Association, along with the Philadelphia-based American College of Physicians, has joined other medical groups in calling for research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines.
Lawyer Keith Stroup, who founded the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) in 1970, rejoiced: "We've had more political progress and public support in the past three years than in the previous 30. We've largely won the hearts and minds of Americans."
Paul Cohen, a physician and lawyer who teaches public health law at Georgetown University, said, "I think we're pretty close to the tipping point."
California's famously liberal medical marijuana law allows the use, possession, and cultivation of marijuana by anyone who possess a "written or oral recommendation" from their physician that he or she "would benefit from medical marijuana."
In contrast, New Jersey's version requires patient identification cards and state-monitored dispensaries - easing fears that medical use will fuel illegal sales and teenage substance abuse.
"That's the exciting thing about New Jersey," Cohen said. "Maybe people's minds will be clearer about the debate."
Pennsylvania is not expected to pass a similar law anytime soon, although Rep. Mark B. Cohen (D., Phila.) last year introduced a bill in the House.
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, a Democrat from Princeton who sponsored the New Jersey legislation, thinks his bill strikes the right balance between compassion and caution.
"I'm sure college campuses would prefer the California model," he said. "But we made New Jersey's law illness-specific. And the prescription has to be from an actual physician."
New Jersey's law allows marijuana prescriptions for cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and other diseases in which patients suffer "severe chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, or severe and persistent muscle spasms."
Cannabis preparations have been used to relieve nausea and pain since ancient times. But over the last 15 years, research on the body's cannabinoid receptors has begun to decipher the chemistry and biology of these good effects. More recently, clinical trials have shown that these benefits outweigh the concerns about addiction, heart and respiratory diseases, cancers, and psychoses - at least, with short-term use.
Many questions, however, remain to be answered, experts say. One of the biggest is whether smoked medical marijuana could be replaced by a pharmaceutical version.
Marinol, a synthetic cannabinoid pill, is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating AIDS-related wasting and chemotherapy-related nausea. But many patients say choking down a slow-acting pill simply doesn't provide the convenient and immediate relief of inhaling pot.
A new drug, Sativex, made by GW Pharmaceuticals, may renew the question. A cannabinoid-based oral spray, Sativex is approved in Canada for treating pain in multiple sclerosis and advanced cancer. The company is now completing the clinical testing needed for approval in Europe and the United States.
"If I were an advocate of medical marijuana, and if Sativex is approved, I would then try to set up a study to show smoked marijuana is better," said Paul Cohen - who, at 75, said he has never tried pot.
Last year, Cohen wrote a law review article criticizing both the government's stubborn criminalization of all marijuana use and individual states' defiant efforts to legitimize medical use.
"Instead," Cohen wrote, "the FDA should . . . evaluate medical marijuana with the same methodology, standards, and diligence that the agency would apply to any other investigational drug."
Just one problem: No pharmaceutical company or advocacy group has stepped up to do the rigorous and costly human testing that would give the FDA data to evaluate.
And no one is likely to. Medical marijuana is winning the war of public sentiment, never mind the war on drugs.
Stroup, 66, attributes this to generational changes.
"My generation believed in 'Reefer Madness,' " he said, referring to the 1937 film in which high school marijuana use led to addiction, murder, suicide, and insanity.
"Over the last 22 years, half of high school graduates have experimented with pot. The majority don't smoke when they get married and have kids, but they have smoked, and they know it didn't turn them into heroin addicts."
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Newshawk: 14th Medical Marijuana State!
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)
Author: Marie McCullough, Inquirer Staff Writer
Pubdate: Tue, 19 Jan 2010
Website: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/340
Referenced: New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act
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Informational Guide on Medical Cannabis |
If you have ever heard of the song, “Lets Go Get Stoned,” as sung by Ray Charles or Joe Cocker, you know the lyrics were referring to getting high or using cannabis aka marijuana. This mind altering drug goes by other names as well; names such as weed, pot, joint, blunt, hash and mary jane are quite common among users. Cannabis is a plant that contains a chemical called cannabinoids or cannabinolidic acids.
Another substance that is found in cannabis is THC, or Tetrahydrocannabinol, which gives the users that “high” sensation. When speaking of marijuana, the actual substance used in creating the high feeling comes from the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is considered to be a schedule 1 controlled substance today, because of the THC, which can be highly potent, depending upon the concentration factor of the THC.
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THE REEFER MADNESS ERA, REEFER MADNESS BOOKS (Info, History) By definition, it would be a contradiction in terms to list or classify a Reefer Madness book as a work of "Non-Fiction." Thus both genres are group together here simply as "Hard Cover" books; if only to distinguish them from the "Pulp Fiction" or "Dime Store novels" discussed elsewhere. However where appropriate the terms [Fiction] and [Non-Fiction] are used.
Please take note - This Index consists solely of those books that the museum has been able to locate and is in no way shape or form complete. It should be thought of only as a starting point. Visit: http://www.reefermadnessmuseum.org/
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LESSON PLAN:MEDICAL MARIJUANA - LEGITIMATE USE OR LEGALIZED ABUSE?
By Lisa Prososki, a former middle school and high school social studies, English, reading and technology teacher.
Estimated Time: Approximately 45 minutes/1 class period
Lesson Objectives: (1)
Students will use cooperative learning activities to discuss opinions about medical marijuana use and see both sides of the issue, (2)
Students will use decision making skills and strategies to render their own decision about the U.S. Supreme Court case related to medical marijuana use. Click > here < for more.
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Medical Cannabis (marijuana) News, Information, Organizations, Links. Resources and more. visit - http://www.medicalmj.org/
Factbook: Medical Marijuana
1. Since 1996, twelve states have legalized medical marijuana use: AK, CA, CO, HI, ME, MT, NV, NM, OR, RI, VT, and WA. Eight of the twelve did so through the initiative process. Hawaii's law was enacted by the legislature and signed by the governor in 2000, Vermont's was enacted by the legislature and passed into law without the governor's signature in May 2004, Rhode Island's was passed into law over the governor's veto in January 2006, and New Mexico's legislation was signed into law by Governor Bill Richardson on April 2, 2007.
2. The Institute of Medicine's 1999 report on medical marijuana stated, "The accumulated data indicate a potential therapeutic value for cannabinoid drugs, particularly for symptoms such as pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, and appetite stimulation."
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Medical Marijuana Handbook |
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Marijuana as Medicine - A Plea for Reconsideration, is a commentary article written by Lester Grinspoon and James Bakalar, which appeared in the June 21st 1995 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Proven : Cannabis is Safe Medicine
by Ian Williams Goddard | In reaction to medical cannabis access referendums on the ballots in Arizona and California, former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush signed a letter stating that they "categorically oppose'' access to cannabis for its many proven therapeutic uses such as the prevention of blindness and epileptic seizures. Their chief concern was that legal medical access would send the message that cannabis is safe. The presidents can, however, lay their safety concerns to rest because the scientific literature overwhelmingly confirms that cannabis is both an effective and safe medicine.
The Cannabis Safety Profile. The journal PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS reports that decades of research prove that, "Compared with legal drugs...marijuana does not pose greater risks." Yet based upon mortality statistics, we can safely conclude that cannabis is one of the safest medical drugs known, for, while prescription drugs, defined as safe by the FDA, kill up to 27,000 and aspirin up to 1,000 Americans per year, cannabis kills 0 per year. Click here for more.
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A bill to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol, A2068, was introduced at the beginning of this year by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, and more recently he introduced a bill that would allow the voters to decide whether to legalize marijuana — but only in Atlantic City — in an attempt to boost the city’s failing economy. Another bill, to tax and regulate marijuana statewide, is expected later this year from Sen. Nicholas Scutari, who recently went on a fact-finding mission to Colorado.
Voters throughout the state are ready for reform; 58 percent of New Jerseyans support replacing prohibition with regulation according to a 2015 poll. Yet, under current New Jersey law, possession of even a single joint for non-medical purposes is punishable by up to six months of incarceration and up to a $1,000 fine.
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