CMMNJ Zoom Meeting Agenda for April 8, 2025

 

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
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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 posit
ion.

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. 
  • S1943/A4371: Requires workers’ compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage.
  • A898/S2828: Subsidize medical cannabis in Medicaid or NJ Family Care.

Home cultivation bills: Website: https://www.letpatientsgrownj.com/

  • S1393/A846: Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
  • 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


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More info: 

Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/

Twitter: @CMM_NJ

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.”


Website: Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey website being redesigned. Join the “CMMNJ Tech Team” to help with website, etc. Text Nick Mellis @ 609.331.9304


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