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07-20-2011, 02:02 AM

Guess he is gonna do the right thing after all...sort of anyway..

(Reuters) - Doctors in New Jersey will be allowed to prescribe medical marijuana after Governor Chris Christie said on Tuesday he will let new legislation originally signed by his predecessor be implemented.
New Jersey will join 15 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing marijuana for medical use, although the New Jersey legislation is more restrictive than elsewhere.
Only patients in New Jersey suffering from specific ailments such as HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis can be prescribed medical marijuana, and then only after other treatments have failed.
The law also is the first in the nation to prohibit patients from growing their own crop at home.
"This is one of those decisions that's not an easy one for me as governor," Christie said at a news conference in Trenton, N.J.
"I had to balance the benefit that will go to citizens in pain versus some potential risks to the folks that we're authorizing as dispensaries and to state employees," he said, referring to the possible risk of federal prosecution faced by dispensaries.

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BrnCow Guest Posts: n/a	Christie OKs MMJ for N.Jersey! Guess he is gonna do the right thing after all...sort of anyway.. (Reuters) - Doctors in New Jersey will be allowed to prescribe medical marijuana after Governor Chris Christie said on Tuesday he will let new legislation originally signed by his predecessor be implemented. New Jersey will join 15 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing marijuana for medical use, although the New Jersey legislation is more restrictive than elsewhere. Only patients in New Jersey suffering from specific ailments such as HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis can be prescribed medical marijuana, and then only after other treatments have failed. The law also is the first in the nation to prohibit patients from growing their own crop at home. "This is one of those decisions that's not an easy one for me as governor," Christie said at a news conference in Trenton, N.J. "I had to balance the benefit that will go to citizens in pain versus some potential risks to the folks that we're authorizing as dispensaries and to state employees," he said, referring to the possible risk of federal prosecution faced by dispensaries. https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...rpc=22&sp=true
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