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Meeting Agenda for May 13, 2025 at 7 pm
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Agenda: New Jersey Issues:
NJ primary election, June 10, 2025: What
you need to know before you vote; The deadline to register to vote for the
primary election is Tuesday, May 20. New Jerseyans can find out whether they are
registered to vote online.
Congratulations to the TOP 50 VOICES in
the 2025
Insider NJ's Cannabis Powerlist, including CMMNJ Board members: Ken
Wolski #6; Jeff Booker and Nichelle Santos #23; and Jo Anne Zito #39.
Home Grow: Assemblyman Robert Auth (R), District 39
Bergen Co., withdrew Bill A414 which would legalize
possession of six marijuana plants for personal use.
Governor Murphy Signs Bill to Make NJ Expungement
Process More Accessible and Transparent--establishes an online portal for
petitioners to obtain their status.
National Nurses Week: Cannabis
and healthcare: Complicated policies & laws.
Bill A913 to allow NJ
patients to use medicinal cannabis for sickle
cell anemia passed two Assembly committees.
“Praise
God,” said cannabis activist Leo Bridgewater. But the companion bill, S2392, has
yet to have a committee hearing.
NJ’s medical cannabis home cultivation
bill S1393 has bipartisan co-sponsors,
but no committee hearing scheduled yet. The identical Assembly bill is A846.
Sign NORML’s
S1393 Action Alert: https://norml.org/act/new-jersey-allow-patients-to-grow-their-own-medicine
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.
Let Advanced Practice Nurses Recommend
Medical Cannabis: NORML Petition
Ignorance Is No
Excuse Podcasts: 5/6/25,
5/1/25,
4/29/25,
4/24/25,
4/17/25,
The Cannabis
Regulatory Commission (CRC):
Next meeting:
Thursday, June 5, 2025 will be in person at 44 South Clinton Avenue,
Trenton to begin at 11 a.m. Register
to speak here by June 3rd at 5 p.m.
Watch on Zoom or on
YouTube
NJ-CRC celebrate 4 years of
building NJ's cannabis industry; as of January 2025, average cost of flower
at licensed dispensaries is down to $9.92 per gram for recreational consumers
and $9.29 per gram for patients.
My oral comments to the NJ
CRC at the March 25, 2025 Medicinal Cannabis Program Town Hall start at
1:01:17 and end at 1:04:06, less than three minutes. I hope they address my
concerns, though they haven’t for about seven years now.
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:
Dana Beal needs to raise an
additional $2,000 by May 20, 2025 for legal expenses to delay his trial and
organize his defense. His GoFundMe is at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/dana-beals-idaho-bail-and-trial-expenses Please help if you can. More info at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-kILfYSPk
DEA Says Stalled Marijuana Rescheduling
Process Awaits
Action From Agency Head Who Called Cannabis A ‘Gateway Drug’
Study: Improvements in health-related quality of life are
maintained long-term in patients
prescribed medicinal cannabis in Australia: The QUEST Initiative 12-month
follow-up observational study
The Drug Policy Alliance Library
Supreme Court Sides With Trucker Who Was Fired
Over THC Test Following Use Of CBD Product
V.A Secretary Had Psychedelics
Talk With RFK Jr.—And He Plans To Press Congress To Act to cover the costs
of psychedelic therapy for veterans. Study: Utilizing Psychedelics to Enhance
Well-Being: A
Systematic Review
Maryland regulators published a report on a
survey of medical cannabis patients.
PA: Is medical marijuana right for you? Here’s what
you need to know
The PA House of Representatives passed a
bill to legalize cannabis for adults from state-run stores. MPP has concerns that, due to federal
prohibition, the state-run stores model may never results in legal access. Let your state senator know you want them to support a workable
legalization law!
Celebrating 420 and Project 50; Medical
Marijuana Memory Blog #37 Alice O'Leary Randall; Apr
20, 2025
A Nurse's Journey In Cannabis; podcast
Upcoming events:
ASA: Patient First
Leadership Summit & Lobby Day: In
DC: May 18-19, 2025
Archer health fair at 1025 Laurel Oak Road,
Voorhees, NJ, May 8th from 10am to 2pm. CMMNJ table.
CMB
(Formerly CWCB Expo) Cannabis
Means Business, Javits Convention Center, June 4-5 2025
Nick Mellis Presents: CannaConcerts! Live at Weedman’s
Joint, Trenton, with Alex Gaylon! Sunday, May 11,
2025 at 12 PM.
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.
CMMNJ’s ongoing goals:
Insurance bills:
·
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: Petition: End the Blockade on
NJ Senate bill S1393
·
Website: https://www.letpatientsgrownj.com/
·
S1393/A846: Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
·
S1985/A3867: 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 need access to medical cannabis. Patient outcomes would improve, and
health care costs would be reduced with access to medical cannabis. Newark's
University Hospital, the state's only public hospital, should implement
Institutional Caregivers so that patients may continue their
physician-recommended cannabis treatment while hospitalized.
In 2023 CMMNJ endorsed
psychedelic research and the safe use of psychedelics. A3852/S2283 "Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services
Act"
Treasury
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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.”
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