CMMNJ Monthly Zoom
Meeting Agenda for September 8, 2026 at 7 pm
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thoughts on current events and issues on medical marijuana.
Agenda: New Jersey Issues
New Jersey Homegrow: What Cannabis Enthusiasts Need to Know. Bipartisan bills are pending in the legislature, and the NJ Senate and Assembly return to work on 9/10/26:
S2564/ A4576 (Adult Use, 6 plants +
Medical Use, 10 plants) in Senate Judiciary, and Assembly
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committees:
- Recreational users: Must be 21+ years old, no registration
required.
- Medical patients: Must be registered in the NJ Medicinal Cannabis
Program, no registration for cultivation required.
- Caregivers: Can cultivate same plant limits on behalf of patients.
S1758/ A1674 (Medical Only) – Currently in the Senate Health, Human Services Committee and Assembly
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committees:
- Medical patients: Must be registered in the NJ Medicinal Cannabis
Program, must notify CRC of cultivation intent;
- Caregivers: Must be registered with the CRC, same plant limits
apply;
- Registration requirement: CRC maintains a registry of home
cultivators.
Current New Jersey status: Criminal offense for growing any cannabis plants:
- 1-10 plants: 3-5 years in prison, up to $25,000 fine;
- 10-49 plants: 5-10 years in prison, up to $150,000 fine;
- 50+ plants: up to 20 years prison, & $300,000 fine.
Rutgers Eagleton Cannabis Survey,
March 2023: “It should be legal for an adult to grow cannabis for personal use”--39.5%
strongly agreed and an additional 23.6% of respondents somewhat agreed with
this statement.
MPP: All but three of the other 23 legalization
states allow home cultivation! Tell your lawmakers to support S2564/A4576. MoveOn: Legalize Cannabis Home Grow in the state of New Jersey. Open Letter to Governor
Sherrill: please
issue a Moratorium on
arrests for small medical gardens of cannabis in New Jersey.
NORML: Assembly
Bill 1291
establishes
additional requirements for cannabis testing laboratories to assure that consumers are not exposed to
mislabeled or contaminated products. Send email.
NJ Bill S3452/ A1642 To strengthen Employment Protections for Medical Marijuana Patients.
NJ can’t force cannabis companies to sign pacts with labor unions, firm says.
Weed in Atlantic City: Dispensaries, Boardwalk Rules & Casino Policies
CMMNJ Upcoming Events (volunteers always welcome):
- Ewing Community Fest - September 19th, 10 - 4 pm at TCNJ
- NJ Cannabis Convention--NECANN: September 18-19, Atlantic City.
Federal Drug
Policy Reform:
Americans for Safe Access: September is ASA’s Cannabis Safety Month, a national public education campaign to address cannabis safety concerns with compassion, credible information, and practical solutions.
Monthly Federal
Policy Advisory Meeting—9/17/26, 1 -2 pm; Join
Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 832 3434 4732; Passcode: 217838.
Medical Cannabis Patients Federal Rights--ensure those rights are respected. Register to Vote here: Register to Vote!
Marijuana Policy Project: Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), which would fully de-schedule cannabis, removing it from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Booker and Trump Are in Opposite Directions on Federal Cannabis Policy On average, legalization states’ cannabis arrest rates have dropped 85.53%.
More Americans now use marijuana on a daily or near-daily basis than either alcohol or cigarettes.
Cannabis industry
encouraged as DEA rescheduling
hearings conclude
FDA & HHS: Public Hearing - "Considerations for Potential Future Therapeutic Use of Psychedelic Drugs" on September 14th, 2026, 12:30 – 4:30 pm. To attend and present, register via the FDA website. Written comments must be in by 10/5/26.
FDA is supporting the development of psychedelic drugs, including new treatments for serious mental health conditions. States Should Start Planning Now For FDA Approval Of Psychedelics.
Harm Reduction and Risk Management; Drug Policy Facts. August 31 was International Overdose Action Day. “Trenton needs to reassess response to illegal drugs” By Ken Wolski, For The Trentonian: “Violence in Trenton can be greatly reduced by ending the War on Drugs.”
Legalize All Drugs: 4 minute YouTube video.
U.S. military sinks ship used as refueling station for alleged drug-trafficking boats.
Federally Funded
Cancer Study Highlights Need
To Cover Medical Marijuana Under Insurance.
Hospital and Institutional Access: Ken asked: When will medicinal cannabis be integrated into the
Capital Health System (CHS)? CHS said they formed a committee to implement in-patient and out-patient use of medicinal cannabis!
NJ patients in hospitals, nursing homes, state institutions, group homes and hospice need access to medical cannabis. The 2019 “Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act" called for immediate implementation of “Institutional caregivers” in the state.
NJ Medicinal Cannabis Insurance Bills:
- A1023/S3984: Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage for the medical use of cannabis under certain circumstances.
- S1792: Establishes program to subsidize purchase price of medical cannabis for registered patients enrolled in Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare programs.
- S4023: Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.
The Cannabis
Regulatory Commission (CRC):
- Next meeting: Wed., September 9, 2026, 11 am. Watch on Zoom or on YouTube
- NJ’s Medical
Marijuana Card Program Is
Expanding Patient Access
- Be Cannabis S.M.A.R.T. Safe & Responsible Consumption
- NJ CRC’s pamphlet about medical cannabis patient rights/protections.
- CMMNJ Seeks SEEF Grant from NJ CRC.
Medicinal Cannabis
Program Participation (as of 8/15/2026)
- Total
patients: 43,690 (from a high of 129,369 in May 2022).
- Caregivers:
2,861
- Doctors:
1,555
- Month
to Month Patient Numbers
Treasury report: $7,324.
CMMNJ BlogSpot: Fundraiser to
Support Senior Harm-Reduction
Fundraising ideas
are always welcome. CMMNJ has thousands of hemp wristbands. Can your
organization use them? See the photo below.
Or scan:
The goal of CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is to have safe, legal, and affordable access to all plant medicine for all qualified New Jersey patients, and to end the ineffective and counterproductive War on Drugs.
CMMNJ was
instrumental in getting the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act introduced
into the New Jersey Legislature in 2005 and signed into law in 2010. Legal
sales of medical marijuana in the state began on December 6, 2012.
In 2014, CMMNJ’s Board of Directors endorsed legalization of marijuana
since legalization is the best way to get this essential medicine to the most
people. Legalization will also start to undo the harm that is caused by drug
prohibition. In 2021, New Jersey became the 14th state in the U.S. to fully
legalize marijuana.
CMMNJ’s ongoing
goals include home cultivation rights; insurance coverage; and hospital &
institutional access for medical cannabis, along with safe and legal access to
all plant medicine.
Please support our
work and keep CMMNJ alive through 2026!
More info:
Ken Wolski, RN, MPA (609)
394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com
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Twitter/X: @CMM_NJ
CMMNJ blog: https://cmmnj.blogspot.com/
CMMNJ website: https://cmmnj.org/
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.
