N.J. leads the way!

[sutra1]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/senate_moves_towards_dissolvin.html

sic

 

[Anti]

From actually reading the article, it's nice that you've got some trying to push it through, but it doesn't sound very likely. It sounds likely that what WILL pass will be far too restrictive to be much good to anyone.

Having to revisit your doctor every three months to reassess your need for cannabis? Having them be pressured to find you something else to switch to? Sounds kinda bad to me.

 

[hazy]

The new model for mmj is extreme regulation

 

[rick shaw]

The new model for mmj is extreme regulation

Well,in California regulations are overdue,but they will eventually come.Its pretty loosey goosey right now.
In SoCal you can have a skype consultation with a doctor about your lumbago,you just have to pass the visa test.

 

[BongRipkenJR.]

Regulation is retarded. Maybe the only regulation should be if you sell the stuff that it has to test free of bugs, mildew, and molds.

 

[MadBuddhaAbuser]

Please see this thread regarding NJ pot law---- https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=4271021#post4271021

NJ MED PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY MARCH 7 2011& PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TILL APRIL 23!!!

This is the latest information on the public hearing set for this coming MONDAY MARCH 7th 2011 in Trenton. It has been moved a few times, no doubt trying to confuse the hell out of potheadsTHIS IS THE NEWEST ADDRESS AS OF TODAY.

War memorial-Delaware River room
1 Memorial Drive
Trenton, NJ 08608

MONDAY 10am-12pm

ALSO THERE IS AN OPTION TO WRITE IN YOUR OPINION ON THIS LAW TO THIS ADDRESS
Submit written comments by April 23, 2011 to:
Devon L. Graf, Director
Office of Legal and Regulatory Compliance
Office of the Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
PO Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360

Now is the time to get in your comments on the law, tell the state lawmakers its too harsh and will not work. time to do something instead of saying "oh hey the law sucks"

 

[sutra1]

This from paragraph eight:
Attorney Lisa Levine of Trenton said she represented a group of investors with pharmaceutical, financial and agricultural backgrounds that wanted to apply to become one of the non-profit, six grower-sellers the law allows.

Looks like corporations (maybe big pharma) are going to run the supply.

 

[Noobian]

Well,in California regulations are overdue,but they will eventually come.Its pretty loosey goosey right now.
In SoCal you can have a skype consultation with a doctor about your lumbago,you just have to pass the visa test.

What's wrong with that?

 

[hazy]

Well,in California regulations are overdue,but they will eventually come.Its pretty loosey goosey right now.
In SoCal you can have a skype consultation with a doctor about your lumbago,you just have to pass the visa test.

Yeah, what's wrong with that?

 

[MadBuddhaAbuser]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/nj_patients_advocates_criticiz.html

Since people will not end up checking the thread, I will cross post this because it is important.
update on the Hearing

TRENTON — For nearly two hours Monday, dozens of patients and their advocates — some through tears, others at the top of their lungs — vented their frustration at restrictions in the state’s proposed rules for New Jersey’s nascent medical marijuana program.

The only person who testified in favor of the health department’s rules was a spokesman from Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus, who disclosed the hospital had created a nonprofit group and applied to be a licensed grower and seller of state-sanctioned marijuana.

The remaining 100 minutes of the hearing in Trenton was devoted criticizing the Christie administration’s proposals.

Riding a scooter to the podium, multiple sclerosis patient Sandy Faiola of Asbury Park questioned why the state wants to limit the potency of the drug sold to 10 percent tetrahydrocannabinol. "Cannabis with THC levels of 10 percent or less may help some patient’s needs but not mine," said Faiola, who suffers from severe muscle spasms and pain.

Medical marijuana's future in New Jersey Medical marijuana's future in New Jersey With so little information about how New Jersey's program will work, The Star-Ledger visited two states with very different cannabis laws -- New Mexico, which the New Jersey Legislature looks to as a model of a responsible medical marijuana program, and Colorado, which has lax laws and is seen by some as a state that has lost control. (Video by John Munson / The Star-Ledger) Watch video
She also said it was "excessive" to charge a $200 fee on caregivers who agree to retrieve a housebound patient’s marijuana from a dispensary.

"My primary caregiver already spends many hours a month helping me do things like travel to appointments and pick up medicine, food and other things I need. Asking her to also pay $200 for a New Jersey permit in order to help me get this medicine is wrong," Faiola said.

Crohn’s disease sufferer Stephen Cuspilich of Southampton questioned why doctors must take courses in drug addiction, recommend pot for patients only after traditional remedies have failed, and promise to wean patients off marijuana as quickly possible.

"You’re putting these flaming hoops and hurdles in front of everybody to get this medication — me and everyone else,’’ Cuspilich said. "You need to stop thinking about the business of the law and think about the intent of the law, which is compassion.’’

Lobbyist Raj Mukherji, who represents Meadowlands Hosptial and its new organization, Compassion Care Centers of America Foundation, complimented the administration for planning to gather data on how the drug helps patients and what strain and potency works best.

This "clinically-based medical model, focused on patient outcomes and data analysis, sets New Jersey apart from the other states," he said. He said the administration should not limit the number of plant strains to six because more variety would make it easier to "measure clinical outcomes."

The hearing, though required before the state can adopt new rules, might be for naught. Democrats who control the Legislature are close to overturning the health department’s regulations, and either order the administration to start over or writing the rules itself

interesting video done by the Star-Ledger paper
has interview with the bill's writer as well in here. worth checking it out.
Ok im trying to link to the vid, but its a java thing on the page above. cant link directly to it, but it is on that page linked above.

Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2010 4:30PM
With so little information about how New Jersey's program will work, The Star-Ledger visited two states with very different cannabis laws -- New Mexico, which the New Jersey Legislature looks to as a model of a responsible medical marijuana program, and Colorado, which has lax laws and is seen by some as a state that has lost control. (Video by John Munson / The Star-Ledger)

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