Tuesday, December 6, 2022

CMMNJ Monthly Meeting Agenda for December 13, 2022 at 7 pm



CMMNJ Monthly Meeting Agenda for December 13, 2022 at 7 pm

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Agenda: Best Holiday Gifts For Stoners In 2022

Federal Drug Policy Reform: Midterm Elections: with Senator Fetterman elected in Pennsylvania, we now have a tristate area of federal pro-cannabis legislators.

Maryland and Missouri have joined the states that legalized marijuana.

President Joe Biden signed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, the U.S. Senate approved and House-passed cannabis research bill; the first standalone marijuana reform legislation ever sent to the president’s desk. The Congressional Cannabis Caucus said: “For decades, the federal government has stood in the way of science and progress—peddling a misguided and discriminatory approach to cannabis.”

Congressional hearing: Developments in State Cannabis Laws and Cannabis Reforms at the Federal Level with NORML's Paul Armentano.

Marijuana Policy Project (MPP): contact your elected officials; pass federal reform in the lame duck session: CLICK HERE to email your Senators.

New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Banking Protections Bill As Congress Prepares to Act.

DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’

The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC): Meetings: Jan. 12, 2023, at 1 pm.

At its 12/3/22 meeting, the CRC approved 113 conditional adult-use cannabis license applications, six conversions, eight annual applications, and Harmony’s medical cannabis dispensary expansion to adult-use cannabis.

 

The CRC held three virtual meetings on 11/15, 16, and 17 to determine where the social equity excise fee money will go. The next hearings on this issue will be on 1/10/23 and 1/18/23 at 7 pm.

Ascend Fort Lee became the 21st store in NJ to offer recreational cannabis when it opened for adult use sales on November 17.


The CRC approved rules for indoor and outdoor Cannabis Consumption Areas.

The Trenton City Council approved WOAH FLOW’s ATC application on 12/1/22, following the recommendation of the Trenton Cannabis Advisory Committee. State regulations require a resolution of support from the governing body of a municipality, approving the cannabis business operation. The state also requires approval from the local zoning and/or planning board.

More Plant Medicine: SoundMind, a psychedelic therapy and training center, has launched Veteran Peer Support Model to help veterans address a variety of mental health conditions. Hannah McLane, Director, hannah@soundmind.institute

CMMNJ’s medical cannabis goals include Insurance coverage; Home cultivation rights; Hospital & Institutional Access; and Expanded qualifying conditions.

Medical Cannabis Insurance bills:

·        S313/A3248: 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. OLS Fiscal Estimate is here.

·        S309/ A3511: Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage.

·        S782 /A3932: Subsidize medical cannabis in Medicaid or NJ Family Care.

Home cultivation bills: Web site: https://www.letpatientsgrownj.com/

·        S342/A997: Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.

·        A1422: Legalizes possession of six marijuana plants for personal use.

·        S353/A3657: Legalizes six plants for personal use and 10 plants for medical

NJ’s bill subscription service allows you to create a list of bills, track legislative action & stay up to date on topics you care about.  

Hospital and Institutional Access: NJ patients in hospitals, nursing homes, state institutions, group homes and hospice are unable to access medical cannabis. Implement the Jake Honig law’s Institutional Caregivers to accomplish this!

Bennabis Health Expands and Launches Workers’ Compensation Program

Bennabis Health offers a membership program for medical cannabis. Patients who join will have a 15% discount at participating Network Dispensaries.

Upcoming Events:

Real Cannabis Holiday Online Shop-A-Thon, 12/15, 6-9 pm

Heady NJ: Working in South Jersey Cannabis, 1/21/23, – 5 PM, $20 fee.

Recent events:

F.E.M. PREAACH - Psychedelics Panel, Stockton U., 11/12.

Heady NJ: Cannabis Gathering, UFCW Union Hall, West Berlin, 11/12.

Ewing FOP: Marijuana Presentation, Ewing Hollowbrook Center 11/9.

Thanksgiving Giveaway, State House, Trenton, 11/24.

Treasury report: Checking: $13,296; PayPal: $2.70. 

Make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal to info@cmmnj.org, or send a check to:

CMMNJ, 219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618.

More info: Ken Wolski, RN, MPA (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com

Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/

Website: Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey: https://www.cmmnj.org 

Twitter: @CMM_NJ

CMMNJ blog: https://cmmnj.blogspot.com/

CMMNJ won the 2021 NJ Governor's Jefferson Award Volunteer Group category.

 

CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, is a non-profit educational organization.