CMMNJ Meeting Agenda for March 8, 2016

Monthly Public Meeting Agenda 
Lawrence Township Library, Room #2
Tuesday, March 8, 2016  7:00 PM -- 9:00 PM

Approve February 2016 minutes. (There will be no April 2016 meeting at the Library.)  Discuss:

Jo Anne Zito welcomed onto CMMNJ Board of Directors at 2/23/16 Board meeting.

Breakwater ATC offers 5% discount to any patient with a CMMNJ t-shirt!

Upcoming Events:
Patients Out of Time conference, 4/14-16/16, Baltimore.
UNGASS 2016, 4/19-21, UN, NYC.
Global Marijuana March Day, 5/7/16 NYC & Rehoboth, DE.
American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) at NJWeedman's "Joint," 322 E. State St., Trenton, NJ, 3/14/16, 7pm to 8:30 pm.
ASA's Medical Marijuana Unity Conference, 3/18-22, Washington, D.C.
CannMed 2016, 4/10-11, Harvard School of Med, Boston (Dr. Mechoulam, et.al.)
Trenton 4/20, 2pm, March from City Hall to Rally at Statehouse, After Party at The Joint.
NJLP convention 3/12/16, Tavern on the Lake, Hightstown, NJ.

Recent events: “CMMNJ TV” taping with Mary Lynn Mathre, RN and Mike Krawitz via Skype rescheduled to 3/1/16 at Princeton Community TV Studio, 10 am to 2 pm.
Jon Peditto transferred to Southern State Correctional Facility to serve 8 years.

Treasury report: Checking: $2204; PayPal: $3650. Multicolored hemp bands from Romania--Suggested retail price: $3/apiece; 2 for $5.  Wholesale prices are available.

CMMNJ's meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7 - 9 PM at the Lawrence Twp. Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Twp., 08648. All are welcome.  (Meeting at the library does not imply Mercer County’s endorsement of our issue.)

More info:  Ken Wolski, RN, (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com http://www.cmmnj.org   Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/?fref=ts

CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.

Monthly Public Meeting Minutes 
February 9, 2016

January 2016 minutes OK'd.  Note change from Room #3 to Room #2 for 2016 meetings.  Discuss:

1/12/16 was the start of a new, 2-year legislative session in NJ.  New bill numbers:
A457: Adds PTSD as a qualifying condition for marijuana therapy;
A2482 Ensures workplace protections for medical marijuana patients;
A2068  Legalizes marijuana and provides for sale and home cultivation;
A2116 "Right to Farm" marijuana for medical use;
A861 Medical Marijuana is equivalent to the use of any other medication;
A416 Dedicates taxes from medical marijuana to medical research;
A2050 Decriminalizes 15 grams or less of marijuana--imposes civil penalties.

2nd Edition of "CMMNJ Patient Handbook" being developed; get new info to Jim Price.

Facebook deleted pages for 3 NJ ATCs for "violating community standards"; community outraged.  Ken toured Breakwater ATC on 1/22/16; very impressed with the facility.

Upcoming Events:
Patients Out of Time conference, 4/14-16/16, Baltimore.
UNGASS 2016, 4/19-21. UN, NYC;
Global Marijuana March Day, 5/7/16 NYC & Rehoboth, DE.
“CMMNJ TV” taping with Mary Lynn Mathre, RN and Mike Krawitz via Skype rescheduled to 3/1/16 at Princeton Community TV Studio, 10 am to 2 pm.
American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) meeting at NJWeedman's "Joint," 322 E. State St., Trenton, NJ, 3/14/16, 7pm to 8:30 pm.
ASA's Medical Marijuana Unity Conference, 3/18-22, Washington, D.C.
CannMed 2016, 4/10-11, Harvard School of Med, Boston (Dr. Mechoulam, et.al.)
Trenton 4/20, 2pm, March from City Hall to Rally at Statehouse, After Party at The Joint.
NJLP convention 3/12/16, Tavern on the Lake, Hightstown, NJ.

Recent events: Free, live streaming "Cannabis Health Summit," 1/23 & 1/24.
Jon Peditto sentenced on 1/29/16 in Toms River to 8 years in prison--supporters demonstrated at the Ocean Co. Courthouse.

Treasury report: Checking: $2335; PayPal: $3650. Multicolored hemp bands from Romania--Suggested retail price: $3/apiece; 2 for $5.  Wholesale prices are available.

More info:  Ken Wolski, RN, (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com http://www.cmmnj.org   Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/?fref=ts

CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.

Recent Media Coverage and Blogs:

Facebook Shuts Down Medical Marijuana Pages In New Jersey
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/02/03/facebook-shuts-down-medical-marijuana-pages-in-new-jersey/

Why Facebook deleted New Jersey's medical marijuana pages
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2016/0204/Why-Facebook-deleted-New-Jersey-s-medical-marijuana-pages

Facebook restores 2 N.J. medical marijuana pages, without pics and prices
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/facebook_restores_one_nj_medical_marijuana_page_sa.html

Christie: No apologies to family who left N.J. for sick child's medical marijuana
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/christie_no_apologies_to_nj_family_who_moved_to_de.html

Should more N.J. patients be allowed to get medical marijuana?
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/patients_advocates_blast_short_disease_list_in_med.html

Philly420: Marijuana reform bills greet Gov. Chris Christie
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/philly420/Marijuana_reform_bills_greet_Chris_Christie.html#57RACt2OKdPr4E5l.99

Philly420: Very different outcomes to growing pot, and getting caught, in Pa. and N.J.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Very_different_outcomes_to_growing_pot_and_getting_caught_in_Pa_and_NJ.html#YSckXupamfYCGl1K.99

Patient Advocates Bring Medical Cannabis Issues to United Nations
http://nationalpainreport.com/patient-advocates-bring-medical-cannabis-issues-to-united-nations-8829552.html

War on Drugs Takes Center Stage at UN as Global Leaders and International Activists Assemble in NY
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hannah-hetzer/war-on-drugs-takes-center_b_9251950.html?1455717545

HELP NOT HANDCUFFS FOUNDER APPEARS BEFORE UNITED NATIONS
http://asburyparksun.com/help-not-handcuffs-founder-appears-before-united-nations/

THOMPSON: State shouldn’t fund drug war expansion
http://www.app.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/02/25/war-drugs-thompson/80940644/

NJWeedman: It’s time for religious diversity on Supreme Court
http://www.trentonian.com/opinion/20160221/njweedman-its-time-for-religious-diversity-on-supreme-court

Freedom Leaf
https://issuu.com/freedomleaf/docs/freedomleafissue12sm?e=19776705%2F33177858

CMMNJ February 9, 2016 Meeting Agenda

Monthly Public Meeting Agenda 
Lawrence Township Library, Room #2
Tuesday, February 9, 2016  
7:00 PM -- 9:00 PM

Approve January 2016 minutes. All 2016 meetings are in Room #2, not #3. Discuss:

1/12/16 was the start of a new, 2-year legislative session in NJ. New marijuana bill numbers:
S2898--To add PTSD as a qualifying condition for marijuana therapy--now A457
S3162--To ensure workplace protections for medical marijuana patients--now A2482
S1896--To legalize marijuana and provide for sales and home cultivation--now A2068
A1129--"Right to Farm" marijuana for medical use--now A2116
S1169--Medical Marijuana is equivalent to the use of any other medication--now A861          
A1730--Dedicates taxes from medical marijuana to medical research--now A416
A218--Decriminalizes 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties--now A2050

Noelle Skodzinski, Editor, Cannabis Business Times in NJ Monthly.

Upcoming Events: Patients Out of Time conference, 4/14-16/16, Baltimore.
NJLP convention 3/12/16, Tavern on the Lake, Hightstown, NJ.
4/20, UNGASS 2016.
Global Marijuana March, 5/7/16 (a city near you).
“CMMNJ TV” taping with Mary Lynn Mathre, RN and Mike Krawitz via Skype rescheduled to 3/1/16 at Princeton Community TV Studio, 10 am to 2 pm.
(See "CMMNJ TV" on Comcast Ch. 30 & FIOS Ch. 45--T 10pm & Th 10:30am.)
American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) meeting at NJWeedman's "Joint," 322 E. State St., Trenton, NJ, 3/14/16, 7pm to 8:30 pm.

Recent events: Free, live streaming "Cannabis Health Summit," 1/23 & 1/24.
Jon Peditto sentenced on 1/29/16 in Toms River to 8 years in prison--supporters demonstrated at the Ocean Co. Courthouse.

Treasury report: Checking: $2335; PayPal: $3650. Multicolored hemp bands from Romania--Suggested retail price: $3/apiece; 2 for $5.  Wholesale prices are available.

CMMNJ's meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7 - 9 PM at the Lawrence Twp. Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Twp., 08648. All are welcome.  (Meeting at the library does not imply Mercer County’s endorsement of our issue.)

More info:  Ken Wolski, RN, (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com http://www.cmmnj.org   Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/?fref=ts

CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.

Monthly Public Meeting Minutes 
January 12, 2016

December 2015 minutes OK'd. Note change from Room #3 to Room #2 for 2016 meetings. Discuss:

Today, 1/12/16 is the start of a new, 2-year legislative session in NJ.

CMMNJ testified at the Senate Health Committee on 12/21/15 on S3162, to ensure workplace protections for medical marijuana patients (it was released from committee); and on S2898, to authorize medical marijuana for patients with PTSD (discussed but not voted on). Chairman Vitale said S2898 would pass out of committee later. The new bill number is A457. S1896 will be rewritten with NJUMR with more explicit protections for recreational marijuana users.

CMMNJ has 72 copies of the Winter 2015/16 issue of O'Shaughnessy's. beyondthc.com

Gov. Christie signed A4587 on 11/9 to require schools to permit oral marijuana use by qualified patients, but the Barbour lawsuit continues so that nurses can administer it.

New York opened their medicinal marijuana program on 1/7/16 with 71 patients and an MD registry of 174 docs, and 8 of 20 dispensaries open; no smoking allowed!

CMMNJ Year End Report for 2015 was published; detailed account/audit of finances sent to Board members.

Diane Fornbacher resigned from the CMMNJ Board.

Upcoming Events: NJLP convention 3/12/16, Tavern on the Lake, Hightstown, NJ.
Jon Peditto sentencing January 2016, Toms River--faces 10 year minimum (he was very pleased to get the $200 and the letter from NJWeedman's 420 POW fundraiser on 12/20).
“CMMNJ TV” taping 1/19/16 at Princeton Community TV Studio, 10 am to 2 pm; Mary Lynn Mathre, RN scheduled to appear by Skype.
Free, live streaming "Cannabis Health Summit," 1/23 & 1/24; http://cannabishealthsummit.com/
Patients Out of Time conference, 4/14-16/16, Baltimore.

Treasury report: Checking: $2335; PayPal: $3650. Multicolored hemp bands from Romania--Suggested retail price: $3/apiece; 2 for $5.  Wholesale prices are available.

More info:  Ken Wolski, RN, (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com
http://www.cmmnj.org  
Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/?fref=ts

CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.

Recent Media Coverage and Blogs:

It's time for N.J. to fully embrace medical marijuana | Opinion
http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/01/nj_needs_to_embrace_medical_marijuana_opinion.html

First Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in New York Open
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/nyregion/first-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-in-new-york-are-poised-to-open.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160107&nlid=17961243&tntemail0=y

Cannabis for posttraumatic stress disorder: A neurobiological approach to treatment
http://journals.lww.com/tnpj/Fulltext/2016/01000/Cannabis_for_posttraumatic_stress_disorder__A.6.aspx#

Reefer rap on the docket
http://www.app.com/story/news/2016/01/11/reefer-rap-on-the-docket-jon-peditto/78530484/

Cannabis Business Times
http://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/

Philly420: Pennsylvania Medical Society misdiagnosing medical marijuana
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Pennsylvania_Medical_Society_mis-diagnosing_medical_marijuana.html#s1cT3KSCY1R3uWkH.99

Jim McMahon using medical marijuana, now off narcotic painkillers
http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/01/super_bowl_xx_hero_jim_mcmahon_uses_medical_mariju.html

Jersey gets a C for its medical marijuana program
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20160129_Jersey_gets_a__quot_C_quot__for_its_medical_marijuana_program.html#8zmfxd3Wc1oq7LLg.99

N.J. man sent to prison for growing 17 marijuana plants
http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2016/01/man_sent_to_prison_for_growing_17_marijuana_plants.html

The Time Has Come for an Evidence-Based Cannabis Policy in the US, with NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano
https://thelucidplanet.com/a-scientific-approach-to-cannabis-policy-in-america-a-discussion-with-norml-deputy-director-paul-armentano/

The Big Money Fighting Legal Pot - Follow the Money #7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP_ofyRzeag

Courts are forcing marijuana users to get drug treatment they probably don’t need
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/14/courts-are-forcing-marijuana-users-to-get-drug-treatment-they-probably-dont-need/

SativaCross Ignorance Is No Excuse Show 2/1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcnl8ToKi7I