CMMNJ Monthly Public Zoom Meeting Agenda for May 14, 2024 at 7 pm
ZOOM Meeting ID: 897 6460 0575 Passcode: 262982
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Agenda: New Jersey Issues:
Governor Phil Murphy @GovMurphy posted: “On the second anniversary of adult use marijuana sales, NJ is proud to be home to 130 dispensaries.”
The NJ cannabis community gathered in Trenton on April 22nd to celebrate Earth Day and demand medical cannabis home cultivation.
Cannabis Home Grow Protest at NJ State House; Attracts Police
The weed holiday of 420 this year was a great celebration for the NJ cannabis community.
Does your NJ town allow cannabis businesses? growing your own cannabis plant remains a third-degree felony
Medical marijuana patient to Scutari: Let my people grow | Editorial
NORML Action Alert: New Jersey: Allow Patients to Grow Their Own Medicine
Trenton gets it first weed store.
Columnists show ignorance about medical marijuana; Ed Hannaman, CMMNJ Board.
A state appellate court, in a decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling against Highland Park residents who claimed the borough violated federal law by allowing the sale of recreational marijuana.
“Remembering the 60’s” with Ken Wolski and Asm. Herb Conaway, MD, “The Elderly and Medical Marijuana” Mercer County Library, Lawrence Twp. Branch, 4/11.
Improving access to medical cannabis, By Ken Wolski, NJ Cannabis Insider, 4/5/24.
Shore Grow Hydro's "Vendor Day."
420 Fest at Gaia’s Way Farm, Lambertville, NJ.
Stockton U, Cannabis Studies: “Cannabis Curriculum Convening” April 25 & 26, 2024.
Should CMMNJ include the coca leaf in our advocacy for plant medicine? Here is a presentation about the "coca leaf for medicine, nutrition, and spiritual purposes.”
CMMNJ Website: transitioning out of GoDaddy: https://www.cmmnj.org
Upcoming Events:
NJ Cannabis Town Hall: Expungement Clinic; Cannabis Career Fair; & Panel Discussions. Raritan Valley Community College, 6/22/24, at 12:00 - 5:00 PM
Pennington Day, Pennington, NJ, 5/18/24, 10 – 4 pm; CMMNJ table.
Annual LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, Asbury Park, 6/2/24. CMMNJ table, Check in: 6 – 10:30 am.
Archer Health Fair, 1025 Laurel Oak Road, Voorhees, NJ, 5/16/24, 10 - 2 PM. CMMNJ table.
Third Annual National Cannabis Patients’ Awareness Day, Trenton, 7/10/2024,
Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) Upcoming Events
CMMNJ Expungement Clinic, Raritan Valley Community College, 6/22/24, 12 - 4pm.
Federal Drug Policy Reform:
52
years late, DEA
plans to change cannabis scheduling
The Department of Justice, which oversees the DEA, recommended that cannabis be classified as a schedule three drug. Americans for Safe Access: Take Action Today!
A federal regulatory shift could change the minds — and votes — of some state policymakers who have been reluctant to embrace weed.
U.S.
Senate Dems launch renewed
push for full marijuana legalization: ‘‘Cannabis
Administration and Opportunity Act’’
BE IT RESOLVED that the American Cannabis Nurses Association calls for evidence-based cannabis education to be made available to all practicing nurses and healthcare providers to support nurses’ competency with the endocannabinoid system and the entourage effect of whole plant cannabis medicine.
U.S. Economy To Receive $112.4 Billion Boost from Cannabis Industry in 2024.
Cannabis Users Stay Motivated: Lazy Stoner Myth Debunked.
Florida GOP Formally Opposes Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative,
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC):
The next CRC meeting:
May 8, 2024 and June 6, at 11 a.m. at 44 South Clinton Avenue, Trenton.
CRC: how to spend $3.1 million in 2023 from social equity tax on cannabis?
New
Jersey Set A New Marijuana Sales Record Last Quarter, With Regulators
Touting ‘Historical Highs’ On 4/20 Weekend.
Medical Cannabis Program on the Decline in New Jersey
Jeff Brown, E.D. of the NJ CRC will leave his post later this month, Chris Riggs, the commission's chief counsel, will become the interim E.D.
CMMNJ’s post-legalization medical cannabis goals:
- S1944: 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.
- S1943: Requires workers’ compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage.
- A898: Subsidize medical cannabis in Medicaid or NJ Family Care.
Treasury report:
Checking: $10,052
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 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.
