CMMNJ Monthly Zoom Meeting Agenda for September 10, 2024 at 7 pm
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Agenda: New Jersey Issues:
Forbes: Here’s How Home Growing Solves Some Of The Challenges Of Cannabis: safety, self-sufficiency, and the avoiding inflated, fake THC lab results. It also provides the ability to rule out traces of potentially harmful chemicals and provides an intimate connection with the plant.
Sativa Cross: Why Are We Still Waiting? For home cultivation in NJ
NORML Action Alert: New Jersey: Allow Patients to Grow Their Own Medicine
S2283: Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act passed the Senate Health Committee on 6/6/24 but it was amended to focus on tightly regulated therapeutic access, eliminating home cultivation. The bill is in the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. A3852, the identical Assembly bill, passed the Assembly Health Committee on 6/17/24.
A 4461 will have the NJCRC regulate Delta-8 and other hemp-derived products. Delta-8 hemp drinks should be sold in licensed dispensaries only. “Keeping the regulation of these products within the CRC's purview is essential.” Cannabis license holders are mandated to be pro-union. Substitute S3235 passed the Senate and Assembly 6/28/24. Gov. Murphy can line-item veto.
Doctors for Drug Policy Reform Presents, “The Farm Bill, Hemp-derived Minor Cannabinoids, and Regulatory Mayhem,” 9/25/24 at 7 pm.
S3484: Provides health care practitioners discretion to determine which medical conditions could qualify patients for use of medical cannabis. Introduced by Sen. Troy Singleton on 6/24/24 and referred to Senate Health Committee.
CMMNJ Website is still unavailable as we transition out of GoDaddy. Are there volunteers who can be part of the “CMMNJ Tech Team” to help with websites, blogs, social media, streaming, video, and/or audio? Text Nick Mellis @ 609.331.9304. Update from Brian Belanger.
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The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC):
Next CRC meeting: Thursday, September 19, 11 a.m. Location: 44 South Clinton Avenue, Trenton NJ
Watch on YouTube; Register to speak here by September 17th at 5 p.m.
You may also submit comments in writing to the CRC here. The deadline to submit written comments on the September 19th agenda is September 20th at 5 p.m.
NJ CRC Virtual Roundtable - September 5, 2024, 11 a.m. via Zoom.
Product Safety, Packaging, and Labeling Committee wants to hear from you on key issues related to cannabis regulation and the cannabis industry in New Jersey.
- Are the current allotments and purchase limits reasonable?
- How do allotments, purchase limits, and other factors affect pricing?
An invitation is required to attend: submit a request here.
Upcoming NJ CRC Virtual Roundtables: (Register here)
- September 23, 11 a.m. - Permitting and Licensing Committee (Institutional Caregivers)
- September 25, 11 a.m. - Public Engagement and Education Committee (Number of ATCs)
- October 1, 11 a.m. - Permitting and Licensing Committee (Institutional Caregivers)
Federal Drug Policy Reform:
The Administrator of the DEA will hold an administrative law hearing on marijuana’s scheduling under the federal CSA on December 2, 2024 so that the DEA can get “factual evidence and expert opinion regarding” marijuana’s transfer to Schedule III of the CSA. “Advocates should remain optimistic that the end to marijuana’s Schedule I status likely.” Paul Armentano, NORML
CMMNJ’s medical cannabis ongoing goals (NJ Legislature returns 9/12/24):
Insurance bills:
- S1944: 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.
Website: https://www.letpatientsgrownj.com/
- A414: Legalizes possession of six marijuana plants for personal use.
- S1985: Legalizes six plants for personal use and 10 plants for medical
Upcoming Events:
New Jersey Cannabis Conference 2024: NECANN: Explore the booming cannabis industry at NECANN's NJ Cannabis Convention, Sept 6-7, 2024, in Atlantic City. Visit the CMMNJ booth #942!
Happy Wellness Expo! Sunday, September 8, 2024, 10am - 5pm; Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ 07940. Wellness activities--from yoga sessions to mindfulness workshops. Over 200 vendors. Ken’s presentation, “Seniors and Medical Marijuana” starts at 11 am. General admission $10.
420 Expo Cannabis Convention for consumers is holding the 1st legal NJ cannabis cup this year in Edison, at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, Sept. 13-15, 2024.
Ewing Community Fest 2024 at The College of New Jersey on Saturday, September 21, 2024, 10 am to 4 pm. Volunteer at the CMMNJ table!
Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM): Upcoming events.
Treasury report:
Checking: $10,468; Fundraising ideas are always welcome.
Make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal to info@cmmnj.org,
More info:
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Website: Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey: Join the “CMMNJ Tech Team” to help with websites, blogs, social media, streaming, video, and audio. Text Nick Mellis @ 609.331.9304
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.”
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