CMMNJ Monthly Zoom Meeting Agenda for January 13, 2026 at 7 pm
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Agenda: Expenses
CMMNJ spends about
$10,000 a year since we were founded in 2003. CMMNJ has expenses for our
website, our mass email marketing, office supplies, Zoom meetings, merchandise
that we purchase for donations, and fees to participate in community events. Also,
though we are an all-volunteer organization, we reimburse volunteers for travel
expenses when they represent CMMNJ at events. CMMNJ makes donations at Thanksgiving
and to other organizations.
With our current treasury
at $8,457, CMMNJ does not have enough money to finish 2026. Please help. Make a
tax-deductible donation via PayPal to info@cmmnj.org, or send a check to: CMMNJ,
219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618
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Please support our work and keep CMMNJ alive through 2026!
New Jersey Issues:
January 13, 2026: Reorganization of NJ's 222nd
Legislative Session, 3:00 PM State of the State Address. All bills that are
not signed into law by this date need to be reintroduced into the Legislature
and given new bill numbers.
The inauguration of Mikie Sherrill will be on 1/20/26 at NJPAC in Newark. NORML gave Sherrill an “A” grade in its voter guide. Sherrill invites direct
public participation through a statewide Transition Survey. Please share
your ideas and priorities for the next administration. I did.
Governor Murphy grants clemency to Steven Kadonsky, a New Jersey man who spent 26 years in prison for a marijuana conviction. See on YouTube.
Bill S4847/A6267: Passed Assembly Health Committee 1/5/26 and Senate Budget and Judiciary Committees. Makes various changes to CRC and to the cannabis marketplace; CMMNJ’s Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Testimony in support of S2392/A913: Authorizes medical cannabis for treatment of sickle cell anemia. The bill passed both houses.
The "Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act," A3852/S2283, passed out of committee on 11/24/25. Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 12/18/25. Passed Senate Budget Committee. It establishes Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Therapy Pilot Program and appropriates $6 million. It will charge the Department of Health with licensing and regulating the manufacture, testing, transport, delivery, sale and purchase of psilocybin. There would be five license types: manufacturer, service center operator, testing laboratory, facilitator and psilocybin worker. Info: The New Jersey Psychedelic Therapy Association
Bill 4182: Conditions of employment of cannabis
employees; State
Bar comments
Let Advanced Practice Nurses Recommend Medical Cannabis: NORML petition
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC):
Next meeting: Tuesday,
January 13, 11 a.m. Register to speak
here
by 1/9/26 at 5 p.m. Submit comments in
writing by
1/14/26 at 5 p.m.
Watch on Zoom or on
YouTube
Full recordings,
slides of public meetings, and upcoming meeting dates are available on the CRC public meeting page.
The NJ-CRC will host a series of Social Equity Excise Fee (SEEF) virtual meetings to gather community input on the allocation of funds raised from recreational cannabis sales. Input will inform the CRC’s recommendations to the governor and legislature.
The
virtual SEEF meetings will be held:
- Northern
region: 1/15/26, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. (via Zoom);
- Central
region: 1/21/26, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. (via Zoom)
- Southern
region: 1/29/26, 2 to 3 p.m. (via Zoom)
Register to speak for the upcoming SEEF hearings: Deadlines
to register to speak at the 1/15/26 meeting is 1/13/26 at 5 p.m.; To speak at
the 1/21/26 meeting is 1/19/26 at 5 p.m.; To speak at the 1/29/26/ meeting is 1/27/26
at 5 p.m.
The
deadline to
submit written comments on the hearings is 1/30/26 at 5 p.m.
Medicinal Cannabis Program Participation (as of 12/15/2025):
- Total
patients: 51,776
- Caregivers:
3,388
- Doctors:
1,545
Marijuana Moment: Steep Drop in Registered Patients; Hemp Gazette: New Jersey Medical Cannabis Program: State Of Play; NJ Monitor: NJ’s medical marijuana program enrollment dropped in 2025
Be Cannabis S.M.A.R.T. Safe & Responsible Consumption
Marijuana Moment: State
Marijuana Regulators Share Tips
New Jersey CRC’s pamphlet about medical cannabis
patient rights/protections.
Federal Drug Policy Reform:
NIH Database Includes
Over 53,000
Cannabis-Related Studies
Trump’s Rescheduling
E.O.
Senate OKs ONDCP Drug
Czar Who
Supports Medical Marijuana
Documentary: How
Psychedelics Help Military Vets Heal Trauma
SCOTUS To Hear
Case On Marijuana
Consumers’ Gun Rights, 3/2/26.
Virginia lawmakers
showcase
proposed cannabis retail market
Will rescheduling
affect drug testing for
safety-sensitive workers?
DEA says cannabis
rescheduling process
still “pending”
DEA Boosts Legal
Production Levels of Psilocybin
& DMT In 2026
Marijuana Users Unjustly
Jailed For DUI, Government
Study Shows
Teen Marijuana Use
‘Stable’ As Legalization Expands, Feds
Say
Delaware bill would
change penalties for public marijuana use
CMMNJ’s ongoing goals:
Insurance bills: Press release: NJSNA supports insurance for medicinal cannabis
· S1944: Costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.
· S1943/A4371: Requires workers’ compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage.
· A898/ S2828: Subsidize medical cannabis in Medicaid or NJ Family Care.
Home cultivation bills:
· S1393/A846: Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
· S1985/A3867: Legalizes six plants for personal use and 10 plants for medical
Website: https://www.letpatientsgrownj.com/
Sign the Petition: Legalize Medical Home Cultivation for NJ Patients Now!
Petition: End the Blockade on NJ Senate bill S1393; it has bipartisan co-sponsors, but no committee hearing scheduled yet. Sign NORML’s S1393 Action Alert.
Safe and legal access to all plant medicine:
- A3852/S2283: Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act
Hospital and Institutional Access:
NJ patients in hospitals, nursing homes, state institutions, group homes and hospice need access to medical cannabis. Patient outcomes would improve, and health care costs would be reduced with access to medical cannabis.
Treasury report: $8,457.
Fundraising ideas are always welcome. CMMNJ has thousands of hemp wristbands. Can your organization use them? See the photo below.
The goal of CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is to have safe, legal, and affordable access to plant medicine for all qualified New Jersey patients.
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 13th U.S. state 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.
More info:
Ken Wolski, RN, MPA (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com
Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/
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.
