CMMNJ Monthly Zoom Meeting Agenda for March 12, 2024 at 7 pm
ZOOM Meeting ID: 845 1990 5919 Passcode: 279542 Or, click:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84519905919?pwd=ODlRNXdudlJtVzRwVFpGbWp5eldmdz09
Agenda: New Jersey Issues:
Third Anniversary of Legalization in New Jersey: Reform organizations NORML, CMMNJ, SSDP, D4DPR, & SATIVA CROSS celebrate marijuana arrests prevented, while noting unfinished business. Press Conference and rally outside the NJ Statehouse Annex. Also, Community gathering at HUB-13 on W. Front St., Trenton, 2/22/24.
NJ Governor Marks ‘Huge Milestone’ With Over 100 Dispensaries Now Open: 40 serve both patients and adults, 12 only serve patients and 50 are only rec. sales. New Jersey 101.5’s list.
Assembly Hearing Examines NJ Cannabis Market Progress: NJ Marijuana Sales Officially Top $2 Billion since 2018, Top Regulator Says, While Encouraging Lawmakers To Explore Home Grow
NORML Action Alert: New Jersey: Allow Patients to Grow Their Own Medicine
Chris G's Cheap Weed List - NJ adult use
If NJ Legalizes Mushrooms, East Coast Could Follow: "Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act."
Bennabis Health & Leaf 411 provide free access to the cannabis nurse hotline!
Marijuana legalization law at center of legal fight waged by anti-cannabis group Plaintiffs accuse local officials of ‘marijuana trafficking’ in violation of federal statute
NJ Bill would Force Drivers Suspected of Marijuana use To Provide A Blood Sample
CMMNJ’s post-legalization medical cannabis goals:
NJ patients in hospitals, nursing homes, state institutions, group homes and hospice are unable to access medical cannabis. Patient outcomes would improve, and health care costs would be reduced, if these patients had access to medical cannabis.
Upcoming Events:
“Functional Fungi Educational Symposium” Newark Conservancy, 3/30/24 12:30 to 4:30 pm
Happy Wellness Expo, 3 Hillside Ave., Livingston, NJ, 3/23/24, 10am to 7pm; CMMNJ table.
Archer Health Fair, 1025 Laurel Oak Road, Voorhees, NJ, 5/16/24, 10AM TO 2 PM.
Shore Grow, LLC 2024 Class Schedule 1710 Rt. 35 Oakhurst NJ
“Remembering the 60’s” presents, “The Elderly and Medical Marijuana” with Ken Wolski, RN, MPA, Mercer County Library, Lawrence Twp. Branch, 4/11/24, 2 – 3 pm
Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) Upcoming Events
CMMNJ Expungement Clinic, Raritan Valley Community College, 6/22/24, 12 - 4pm.
Federal Drug Policy Reform:
Pew Research: Most Americans now live in a legal marijuana state:
54% of Americans live in a state where the recreational use of marijuana is legal.
74% of Americans live in a state where marijuana is legal for either recreational or medical use.
79% of Americans live in a county with at least one cannabis dispensary.
There are nearly 15,000 cannabis dispensaries in the United States.
DEA, AG Miss Deadline to Respond to 12 US Senators on Cannabis Rescheduling
Is The Government Finally Abandoning Its Anti-Science Stance On Marijuana?
Congressional Research Services Report: “The Schedule I Status of Marijuana.”
Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana; see Ken’s comment.
Gov. Shapiro renews Pennsylvania marijuana legalization push
New York state adults will be allowed to grow up to six mature and six immature cannabis plants at their home, after a 60-day public comment period. Regulators did not expect the home grows to have a major effect on licensed retailers.
Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, C.D.C. Says
Does marijuana cause psychosis? The answer is complicated
"The object of legalization was to weaken the black market, reduce prohibition-related crime, and protect consumers from contaminated products." Germany
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC):
The next CRC meeting: Wednesday, March 13, 11 a.m. at 44 South Clinton Avenue, Trenton. Watch live on YouTube.
The NJ CRC reduced registration and renewal fees for the Medicinal Cannabis Program to just $10 for two years, but it will be free with the new digital medical cannabis cards. NJ’s Digital MMJ Cards With No Registration, Renewal Fees.
Treasury report:
Checking: $10,052.
Make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal to info@cmmnj.org, or send a check to: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
Twitter: @CMM_NJ
CMMNJ blog: https://cmmnj.blogspot.com/
CMMNJ awards:
2021: NJ Governor's Jefferson Award in the Volunteer Group category;2023: NJ State Governor's Volunteerism Award in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Champion for Justice Category "for extraordinary service to your community;"
2023: Ken Wolski won a Lifetime Achievement award;
2023: NJ Senate and Assembly Joint Legislative Resolution affirmed CMMNJ's importance as a "catalyst for the legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana in the State" and paid “tribute to all who have contributed to its success and renown.”
CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.
