CMMNJ Monthly Zoom Meeting Agenda for April 8, 2025 at 7 pm
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Agenda:
NJ Governor's race: The
four Democrats hoping to be our next
governor who support home grow for recreational and medical cannabis are Newark
Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and teachers’
union chief Sean Spiller. Steve Sweeney,
the former NJ Senate leader now running for governor says “it is time” to allow
medical marijuana patients to grow
their own cannabis plants for personal use. Republicans Mario
Kranjac, a former mayor of Englewood Cliffs, and Jack Ciattarelli, a former
assemblyman support allowing home grow for medical marijuana patients only. Former
radio talk show host Bill Spadea supports home grow for recreational cannabis,
too. Republican candidate State Sen. Jon
Bramnick, did
not respond to a request for comment.
Support is growing for NJ’s medical
cannabis home cultivation bill S1393. Senators
Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex) and Nisla Cruz-Perez (D- Camden) recently joined
the bipartisan effort as co-sponsors. The identical Assembly bill is A846.
Sign and share NORML's S1393 action alert
Follow the NJ Homegrow Coalition at: www.njhomegrow.com and https://www.instagram.com/njhomegrow/
NJ currently has some of the highest prices in the country for medical cannabis.
NJ Senator Scutari’s bill S4154, could send police back out to target peaceful
cannabis consumers. S4154 would make selling or even
purchasing 'illicit marijuana' a crime...again. Sign NORML's S4154
action alert.
Radio station 101.5 Looks inside Zenleaf,
on Route 1 in Lawrence, among their many other locations. A
look inside one of NJ's biggest weed dispensaries |
Support the independent publisher Marijuana
Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most
in-depth cannabis reporting out there.
- Ken Wolski of the Coalition for Medical
Marijuana–New Jersey, Inc.: “I appreciate your independent
journalism, and your thorough coverage of cannabis reform, especially as
it relates to my home state of New Jersey.”
A bill to allow those with sickle cell anemia to become medical cannabis patients passed the NJ
Assembly Health Committee recently.
Regulated cannabis products for sale
in NJ failed recent independent
safety tests for molds and pathogens. Cannabinoid levels for THC were also
routinely inflated.
Let Advanced Practice Nurses Recommend
Medical Cannabis: NORML Petition
Four students at STEMCivics
Charter School in Ewing Township, NJ were taken to the hospital after allegedly
eating weed gummies.
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC):
Next meeting: Thursday, April 3, 2025 will be virtual. Watch on Zoom or on YouTube
Virtual Town Halls were held on March
19, 25
and 26, as the CRC sought feedback from patients and healthcare
providers as it reviewed the medicinal cannabis regulations to
enhance patient benefits.
The CRC recently
released the full updated cannabis lab testing rules they announced at their
last meeting.
HeadyNJ
article.
CRC: Cannabis
Testing Guidelines and How to
Read a Certificate of Analysis
Amelia
Mapp made her debut at a
CRC meeting as a Commissioner replacing social justice champion Charles
Barker.
The
CRC began accepting applications for Cannabis
Consumption Areas on January 2nd from Social Equity
and Economically Disadvantaged Area businesses
only. On April 2nd, micro and diversely owned, and on July 2nd, from everyone else.
Federal Drug Policy Reform:
Howard Wooldridge said a White
House representative welcomed proposals to discuss his plan to advise the
administration to
adopt a pro-legalization position.
Advocates for
military veterans are
putting pressure on Congress to free up access
to marijuana and psychedelics as alternative treatment options.
Marijuana
companies spent
$1.6 million last year pushing
Pennsylvania lawmakers to legalize recreational use of the drug.
PA State Rep. Chris Rabb reintroduced a bill in Harrisburg that
would protect
unimpaired drivers who are legal users of medical cannabis.
CMMNJ’s medical cannabis ongoing goals:
Insurance bills:- 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.
Home cultivation bills: Website: https://www.letpatientsgrownj.com/- A414: Legalizes possession of six marijuana plants for personal use.
- S1985: Legalizes six plants for personal use and 10 plants for medical.
Hospital and Institutional Access:
NJ patients in hospitals, nursing homes, state institutions, group homes and hospice are unable to access medical cannabis. Patient outcomes would improve, and health care costs would be reduced if these patients had access to medical cannabis.
Psychedelic research and the safe use of psychedelics:
A3852/S2283 "Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act"
Upcoming Events:
NJCBA:
MJ
Unpacked; April
29- May 1, Atlantic City
Archer & Greiner, P.C. is hosting a health fair again this year and would love to have CMMNJ back, at 1025 Laurel Oak Road, Voorhees, NJ, May 8th from 10am to 2pm.
Earth Day event/press conference at the
Statehouse, 4/22/25(?). 4/20/25=Easter.
2025 LGBTQ+ Pride, Asbury Park, Sun., June 1st,
Noon-7pm. Volunteers?
Health Summit, public cannabis education, S. Jersey, 8/2-3/25. Elucidation
Patients Out of Time: The Road to 30, Ep. 1 tells
the story of the start of U.S. medical marijuana. It leads to The 16th National
Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics, From Prohibition to Recognition, in Charlottesville,
VA, 9/14-16/2025.
Treasury report:
Checking: $9,950; PayPal: $27.
Fundraising ideas are always welcome.
Make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal to info@cmmnj.org,
or send a check to: CMMNJ, 219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618
