Lawrence Township Library, Room #2
Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 7:00 PM -- 9:00 PM
Approve October 2019 minutes. Discuss:
The NJ marijuana legalization bill (S2703), may get a legislative floor vote in the lame duck session (from Nov. 5th until early Jan., 2020.) CMMNJ supports this legislation. Reach out to organizations and ask them to tell their members to support this bill! (Otherwise, legalization will be a ballot question in Nov. 2020.) Send an email to your legislators! Sign the NJUMR letter! Two-thirds of Americans favor legalizing marijuana according to Gallup.
CMMNJ is producing a video in support of S2703.
CMMNJ also plans to produce a video in support of home cultivation in 2020.
Feds continue to prohibit the Department of Justice from using its resources to prosecute individuals acting in compliance with state medical marijuana laws.
Upcoming Events: “NJ Marijuana Update,” Trenton YMCA, 11/9/19, 1:00 pm.
Thanksgiving Food & Clothing Giveaway, Trenton State House, 11/28/19, 8:30 am - 11:30 am.
“Medical Marijuana & the Elderly,” Acorn Glen, Princeton, NJ, 11/12/19, 9 am.
Garden State NORML lobby days, 12 noon, Trenton State House: 11/18 & 12/16/19.
Black Cannabis, Coopers Riverview, 11/20, 4 PM – 7 PM.
American Cannabis Nurses Assn, Cannabis Care 2019 Conference, New Orleans 12/4 – 6.
Recent events: Podcast Trenton State House, 4th Thursday of each month, 11:11 am.
Black Cannabis Mixer, Black Cannabis, Coopers Riverview, 10/20/19, 4 PM – 7 PM.
Ethics Seminar, Inspira Health Network, Centerton (NJ) Country Club, 10/17/19.
Treasury report: Checking: $3875; PayPal: $2690.
CMMNJ’s free, public meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7 – 9 PM at the Lawrence Twp. Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Twp., 08648. All are welcome. (Meeting at the library does not imply Mercer County’s endorsement of our issue.)
More info: Ken Wolski, RN, MPA (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com; http://www.cmmnj.org
Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/
Coalition for Medical Marijuana - New Jersey: https://www.facebook.com/CoalitionforMedicalMJNJ/
CMMNJ blog: https://cmmnj.blogspot.com/
CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.
October 8, 2019
September 2019 minutes approved.
The NJ marijuana legalization bill (S2703), may get a legislative floor vote in the lame duck session (early Nov. to early Jan., 2020.) CMMNJ supports this legislation and asks for a home cultivation bill for patients in 2020. Reach out to organizations and ask them to tell their members to support this bill! (Otherwise, legalization will be a ballot question in Nov. 2020 and then, even if it passes, the issue will return to the legislature for final bill wording.) Send an email to your legislators! CMMNJ is working on a video in support of S2703. CMMNJ plans to work on a video in support of home cultivation in January 2020.
Jim Miller is doing solo demonstrations for home cultivation in front of the governor’s office. He reports being hassled by state troopers and dealing effectively with it.
NJ’s first death associated with vaping noted. NJ DOH MMP: no reports of serious lung illness associated with products sold in NJ ATCs. The problem should spur legislators to make vaping safer through regulations, not bans, just as we made cars safer in response to traffic deaths.
House passes historic SAFE Act that would allow cannabis businesses to open bank accounts
Applications for 24 new ATCs in NJ were due in August. Good luck to the applicants!
Upcoming Events: Podcast Trenton State House, 4th Thursday of each month, 11:11 am.
Garden State NORML lobby days, 12 noon, Trenton State House: 10/21, 11/18 & 12/16/19.
Black Cannabis Mixer, Black Cannabis, Coopers Riverview, 10/20/19, 4 PM – 7 PM. Additional Black Cannabis meetings on the 20th of each month.
American Cannabis Nurses Assn, Cannabis Care 2019 Conference, New Orleans 12/4 – 6.
Ethics Seminar, Inspira Health Network, Centerton (NJ) Country Club, 10/17/19.
Recent events: Podcast Trenton State House, 4th Thursday of each month, 11:11 am.
NORML Conference, Washington, D.C. September 8 -10, 2019.
Cannabis Career Fair, Stockton University Student Center, 9/13/19, 9 am- 4 pm.
NJTV News: Cannabis Country: Balancing legalization, etc., 9/4, 8pm.
CAPITAL CITY AREA BLACK CAUCUS: "The Color of Cannabis: Challenges, Choices and Opportunities," MCCC-James Kerney Campus, Trenton, Sept. 11, 5 pm – 8 pm.
Garden State NORML Rally and Lobby Day, State House, Trenton, 9/23/19, 12 noon.
“Medical marijuana’s impact on people living with HIV” at the "Paterson-Passaic-Bergen County HIV Health Services Planning Council" on Oct. 1st in Paterson, NJ 07514.
Medical Marijuana: Medicinal & Therapeutic Uses, Union County College, 9/19/19.
Treasury report: Checking: $3940; PayPal: $2690.
More info: Ken Wolski, RN, MPA (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com http://www.cmmnj.org
Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/
CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.
