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Agenda for November 10, 2026 at 7 pm
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Agenda:
New Jersey
Issues
NJ
recreational marijuana sales reached $117.47 million in September, a
23.1% increase from last year. The
state’s 2026 total above $1 billion. Also, there is growth among smaller
marijuana businesses and the state’s social equity program. Almost $200 million
in total taxes have been collected so far.
Senate Bill S4685, would prohibit law enforcement officers, first responders, drivers with a CDL, and operators of heavy equipment from using cannabis recreationally, whether on or off duty. No hearings scheduled yet.
Senate bill S4287 sponsored by Senate President Scutari, D-Union, and Senate Minority Leader Bucco, R-Morris, would create specific criminal penalties for an unlicensed cannabis retail business, with fines ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. It was released from the SJU on 10/15/26.
Democracy depends on public deliberation, and Scutari’s control of the Senate agenda routinely cuts it short.
The Brick Township council voted 6-1 to permit the sale of marijuana in town. “You have the opportunity to learn, and as you learn, you can change your mind.”
Sativa Cross got a meeting with the governor's Office of Constituent Relations re: Home Grow. We await more details and follow up.
The NJ Legislature approved Senate Bill 4635 extending the deadline for licensed businesses to sell intoxicating hemp beverages, sending the measure to Governor Mikie Sherrill. Certain businesses are allowed to sell intoxicating hemp beverages until November 13. Without additional legislation, those businesses would face new restrictions beginning November 14.
CMMNJ is using Nextdoor to share posts: https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/
Realm of Caring: The Problem Is Not That Cannabis Is Absent From Patients’ Lives; It is often absent from their care plans.
“Am I a candidate for magic mushrooms?”
On 9/25/26, NJ AG said three synthetic Kratom related substances – mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MP), MGM-15, and MGM-16 are now illegal to possess in NJ. A federal order places these substances under Schedule I of the CSA through 8/26/28. Kratom (the natural leaf), standard mitragynine, and concentrated synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) are not included in this action.
NJ Nurses support medicinal cannabis bills. The New Jersey State Nurses Association (NJSNA) confirmed their continuing support for the following bills:
- S4023: Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.
- 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.
- S1758/A1674: Permits home cultivation of up to four mature and four immature cannabis plants for patients who are in the state’s Medicinal Cannabis Program.
New Jersey Hospital Association: What action can the NJHA take to coordinate the integration of medicinal cannabis into the Controlled Substances polices of New Jersey’s healthcare facilities? Letter sent to NJHA. I also informed the NJHA about the NJSNA’s support for the medicinal cannabis bills.
Current NJ 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.
MPP: All but three of the other 23 legalization states allow home cultivation! Tell your lawmakers to support S2564/A4576: legalizes growing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons aged 21 or older.
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.
CMMNJ Upcoming Event (volunteers always welcome)
HeadyNJ: A Business Get-Together, 11/6/26, Orange, NJ
Federal Drug
Policy Reform:
Midterm election
results: We
await results.
Global Psychedelic Week 2026: 11/2-8/2026, happening online and in person, bringing together the psychedelic field across more than 100 countries.
Oregon is the first US state to permit supervised psilocybin services through a nonmedical, wellness-based model. We examined how staff communicate about safety, eligibility, and cost.
The DEA has generated $12.3 million in federal registration fees from nearly 7,000 medical marijuana business applications. Manufacturers account for the largest share, despite dispensaries representing most applications. CFR link.
The DEA granted hundreds of federal registrations to state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries under the Attorney General’s order implementing Schedule III controls for certain medical marijuana activities. The 900 federal medical cannabis registrations might be like licenses. ASA’s Steph Sherer said,
“Thirty years ago, patients turned
to the states because Washington refused to recognize their medicine. Washington
is recognizing the very programs those patients built. As we approach the 30th
anniversary of California’s Proposition 215, it is hard to imagine a more
powerful demonstration of how far patient advocacy has brought us.”
The DEA filed a brief urging a federal ALJ to give no weight to a recent GAO report identifying deficiencies in federal drug-scheduling procedures. More soon.
Americans for Safe Access: Medical Cannabis Patients Federal Rights--ensure those rights are respected.
The Cannabis
Regulatory Commission (CRC):
Next meeting Thursday, December 10, 11 a.m. at 44 S. Clinton Ave., Trenton Watch on Zoom or YouTube
CRC: get medicinal
cannabis into NJ’s healthcare facilities; written
comment submitted for the 10/29/26 CRC meeting.
Medicinal Cannabis Program Participation (as of 10/15/2026)
- Total
patients: 42,191 (from a high of 129,369 in May 2022).
- Caregivers:
2,743
- Doctors:
1,560
- Month
to Month Patient Numbers
CMMNJ
Treasury report: $7,129.
CMMNJ now has a
ZELLE account
that goes directly to its Wells Fargo check book. Give Zelle a try at:
info@cmmnj.org Help us advocate for home grow, insurance coverage, and
hospital access. Help us promote drug use as a health issue, not a criminal
justice issue. And let's get Home Grow for the Garden State!
Fundraising ideas
are always welcome. CMMNJ has thousands of hemp wristbands. Can your
organization use them? See the photo below.
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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.
Please support our
work and keep CMMNJ alive!
Ken Wolski, RN, MPA (609)
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CMMNJ Awards: 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.
