CMMNJ Meeting Agenda for November 15, 2022 at 7 pm
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Employees at Curaleaf’s Edgewater, NJ. dispensary voted to join United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, Local 360.
Cannabis is the No. 1 cash crop in NJ, and the 6th largest in the U.S. ($5B in 2022).
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC): Meeting: Dec. 8, at 1 pm. The social equity excise fee will direct money to communities hardest hit by the War on Drugs. Which programs will these fees go to? The CRC wants to hear from you. Three virtual meetings will be held from 7 – 9 pm for residents and organizations of South Jersey on 11/15; for Central Jersey on 11/16; and for North Jersey on 11/17.
The CRC recommended the state’s Department of the Treasury fund the Cannabis Training Academy to provide technical assistance to entrepreneurs establishing cannabis businesses within the state. There are other cannabis lending sources. The Office of Diversity will be compiling an equity scorecard as it relates to social equity initiatives. The CRC approved the first 18 annual licenses for cannabis businesses.
CMMNJ’s post legalization goals include medical cannabis Insurance coverage; Home cultivation rights; Hospital & Institutional Access; and Expanded qualifying conditions.
- S313 / A3248: Costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO. The bills passed both Health Committees and are in the Senate and Assembly Budget and Oversight Committees.
- S309 / A3511: Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage.
- S782 / A3932: Subsidize medical cannabis in Medicaid or NJ Family Care.
(NJ’s bill subscription service allows you to create a list of bills, track legislative action & stay up to date on topics you care about.)
Gov. Murphy said NJ should “revisit” criminalization of homegrown marijuana for personal use—but after the commercial market has matured.
TJ Finnerty’s Grace Grower Org., a 501(c)(3) is seeking board members good at raising funds and awareness. Contact: ceo@gracegrower.org or 973-420-3049.
Hospital and Institutional Access: NJ patients in hospitals, nursing homes, state institutions, group homes, and hospice are unable to access medical cannabis, despite a state law allowing it. Implement the Jake Honig law’s Institutional Caregivers!
CMMNJ has seven (7) Board members on Insider NJ’s 2022 Cannabis Power List: Ken Wolski #6, JoAnne Zito #26, Jim & Cheryl Miller #28, Amanda Hoffman #55, Peter Rosenfeld #65, Guy Lardieri #72, and Mike Brennan #82.
Ken Wolski is now chairman of Trenton’s Cannabis Advisory Committee.
F.E.M PREAACH - Psychedelics Panel, Stockton U., 11/12, 1 – 4 pm.
Heady NJ: Cannabis Gathering, UFCW Union Hall, West Berlin, 11/12, 1- 5 pm.
Ewing FOP: Marijuana Presentation, Ewing Hollowbrook Center 11/9, 7 pm.
Thanksgiving Giveaway, State House, Trenton, 11/24, 11 – 1pm.
CannaBash, Trenton, 10/8/22.
CannaOne, Edison, 10/10 -10/12. CMMNJ presentation 10/12 at 4 pm.
National Hispanic Cannabis Council, Jersey City, City Hall, 10/15.
NJ NORML’s Home Grow Lobby Day, Trenton State House, 10/27.
CMMNJ, 219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618.
More info: Ken Wolski, RN, MPA (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com
Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/
Website: Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey: https://www.cmmnj.org
CMMNJ won the 2021 NJ Governor's Jefferson Award Volunteer Group category.
CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.