Tag: New Jersey

(109 posts)
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
NJ Panel Approves Bill to Ease MMJ Access for Sick Kids

NJ Panel Approves Bill to Ease MMJ Access for Sick Kids

New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure to remove the requirement of a pediatrician and psychiatrist to endorse the use of medical marijuana for children that...
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May 27, 2013
05/27/2013
NPR WNYC: The Weed Next Door

NPR WNYC: The Weed Next Door

The marijuana market is booming in the Big Apple, but the majority of people who drive it are rarely under the magnifying glass. “The Weed Next Door: How legalization...
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May 24, 2013
05/24/2013
Two NJ Lawmakers Draft Bill to Help Sick Kids Get MMJ

Two NJ Lawmakers Draft Bill to Help Sick Kids Get MMJ

Assemblywoman Linda Stender and Senator Nicholas Scutari of Union County, New Jersey have drafted legislation to help provide medical marijuana to children with serious medical conditions. They...
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May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
NJ Senate Candidate Smokes a Joint for Drug War Victims

NJ Senate Candidate Smokes a Joint for Drug War Victims

Don DeZarn, libertarian candidate for the New Jersey Senate, smoked a joint in Veteran’s Park in Hamilton, New Jersey. He said “This is for all my brothers...
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May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.08)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.08)

Marijuana rescheduling is headed for the US Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court upheld local dispensary bans, the feds strike again in Berkeley and Washington state, and...
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May 7, 2013
05/07/2013
Two More New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensaries May Open

Two More New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensaries May Open

Two more New Jersey medical marijuana dispensaries may open soon, bringing the state’s total to three. In addition to the Montclair dispensary that opened last December, a...
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May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses

A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses

In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls showing support for...
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April 30, 2013
04/30/2013
Overdose Prevention Deal in New Jersey

Overdose Prevention Deal in New Jersey

Last fall, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed the Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act (Assembly Bill 578), which would have provided limited legal protection to people...
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April 19, 2013
04/19/2013
New Jersey Will Expand Medical Marijuana Program

New Jersey Will Expand Medical Marijuana Program

New Jersey may open more medical marijuana dispensaries, according to the state’s health commissioner. In early April, Gov. Chris Christie proposed allocating $1.6 million to fund New Jersey’s three-year-old medical...
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April 11, 2013
04/11/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.10)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.10)

Rhode Island is set to see its first dispensary open next, Mendocino County faces down the feds, and more news from around the country. Let’s get to...
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March 7, 2013
03/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.06)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.06)

Legislatures are in session across the land, and that’s reflected in our update this week. Bills are moving, generally, but not always in the right direction. Meanwhile,...
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March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
NJ Governor Claims He’s Not Sabotaging Medical Marijuana

NJ Governor Claims He’s Not Sabotaging Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie denies sabotaging the medical marijuana system in the state. “I do not want people flying to New Jersey, getting off a plane, going...
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February 15, 2013
02/15/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.02.14)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.02.14)

What? Nothing happened in California? It’s a rare week, but the quiet in the Golden State is being made up for by action in state legislatures around...
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February 7, 2013
02/07/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.06)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.06)

A Massachusetts cop had his own informal prescription drug take-back program, but that was pretty innocuous compared to some of this week’s other entries. Let’s get to...
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February 6, 2013
02/06/2013
Medical Marijuana Patients in NJ Face Long Waits for Meds

Medical Marijuana Patients in NJ Face Long Waits for Meds

New Jersey’s single operating dispensary can not keep up with medical marijuana patient’s needs. Patients say that the wait for medication is anywhere from a few weeks...
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January 31, 2013
01/31/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.01.30)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.01.30)

The agonizingly slow pace of implementing medical marijuana laws is causing problems in several states, while in California, the never-ending battles continue. Let’s get to it: Arizona...
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January 25, 2013
01/25/2013
Lawsuit Seeks Faster Track for New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program

Lawsuit Seeks Faster Track for New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program

Lawyers for two South New Jersey medical-marijuana patients are expected to ask a Superior Court judge Thursday to order sweeping changes to make the drug more accessible...
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January 18, 2013
01/18/2013
‘NJ Weedman’ Sentenced to Probation, Fines, in Medical-marijuana Test Case

‘NJ Weedman’ Sentenced to Probation, Fines, in Medical-marijuana Test Case

A Superior Court judge in Burlington County sentenced the man known as NJ Weedman, Ed Forchion, to two years of probation and more than $3,400 in fines and...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.18)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.18)

04:54pm A small-town Florida department run amok loses its chief–at least temporarily–an Alabama cop gets caught delivering weed, four South Texas cops get caught running cocaine,...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Medical Marijuana? Heck Yes… But I Want to Go Beyond That

Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Medical Marijuana? Heck Yes… But I Want to Go Beyond That

During an interview with HuffPo Live yesterday, Newark Mayor and potential gubernatorial candidate Cory Booker made some very strong statements in favor of drug law reform. When asked...
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