Monthly Public Meeting Agenda
Lawrence Township Library, Room #3
Tuesday, June 12, 2012; 7:00 PM — 9:00 PM
7:00 PM: Call meeting to order. Approve May 2012
minutes. Discuss:
ATC
update:
Montclair ATC growing marijuana? No
other ATC has permit to grow. Update on
lawsuit filed on 4/4/12 by NORML NJ attorneys Wm. Buckman and Anne Davis on
behalf of a New Jersey medical patient who would qualify for cannabis access.
New Jersey Moves to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession; A1465 passes Assembly Judiciary
Committee unanimously on 5/21/12. CMMNJ supporters
testify at hearing.
Connecticut Becomes 17th Medical Marijuana State, June 1, 2012.
Vanessa Waltz met with Congressman Holt on 6/5/12 re: medical marijuana trial for veterans with
PTSD and ongoing federal obstruction of marijuana research. Larry Vargo represented CMMNJ at the Million Marijuana March, May 19 in Philadelphia.
NJ Medical Marijuana current court cases:
Ed (NJWeedman) Forchion convicted of
possession; hung jury on distribution charge.
Freed awaiting retrial.
John Wilson released to Intensive Supervision Program (ISP) after
about 4 months in prison.
On-going cases: Eric Hafner, Middletown, NJ; Colleen Begley, Burlington County.
Upcoming events: NORML
NJ meeting, 7 pm, June 11 at the Ale House, New Brunswick, NJ.
Treasury report: Checking: $2647; PayPal: $3339.
CMMNJ meetings are the second Tuesday of each month from 7 – 9 PM at the
Lawrence Twp. Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Twp., Tel.
#609.882.9246. All are welcome. Snacks are served. (Meeting at the library does not imply their
endorsement of our issue.) For more info, contact:
Ken Wolski, RN, MPA, Executive Director, Coalition for Medical
Marijuana—New Jersey, Inc. 219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618
(609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com www.cmmnj.org
Monthly Public Meeting Minutes
Lawrence Library
May 8, 2012
7:00 PM: Call meeting to order. April 2012 minutes approved. Discussion:
ATC
update:
Montclair ATC to start growing marijuana.
Department of Health and
Senior Services (DHSS) released a list of
registered physicians
on 4/16. Egg Harbor ATC, nor any other ATC,
still has not received permit to grow.
Camden update: lawsuit pending against Zoning Board for refusal to approve
ATC.
On April 4, NORML NJ attorneys
William Buckman and Anne Davis filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New Jersey
medical patient who would qualify for cannabis access. CMMNJ is not part of the lawsuit, but supports
it. Update awaited; delays expected.
Update re: medical marijuana
trial for veterans with PTSD. Get
NIDA out of the loop.
CMMNJ attended Ramapo College “Greenfest” on 4/20/12, thanks to
Larry Vargo.
Vanessa Waltz wrote a letter to her Breast Cancer Survivor’s Group
re: medical marijuana.
NJ Medical Marijuana current court cases:
Eric Hafner, on-going Middletown, NJ case.
Rally for Ed (NJWeedman) Forchion, Burlington Co. Court, Mt Holly, May
1, 2012 @ 8 am. Colleen Begley’s case also in Burlco.
Write
to inmate John
Wilson #716024B, Jones Farm, P.O. Box 7100, West Trenton, NJ 08628
Events: Million
Marijuana March, May 19 in Philadelphia.
NORML
NJ
meeting at 7 pm on May 14 at the Ale House, New Brunswick, NJ.
Treasury report: Checking: $2647; PayPal: $3339.
Ken Wolski, RN, MPA, Executive Director, Coalition for Medical
Marijuana—New Jersey, Inc. 219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618
(609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com www.cmmnj.org
Recent Media
Coverage and Blogs:
Alternative
Treatment Centers:
The New Herb in Town
Medical
Marijuana Court Cases:
Man with multiple sclerosis who grew pot is out of prison after
5 months
New Jersey medical marijuana grower freed
from jail
Prosecutor:
NJWeedman is a “charlatan … a wolf in hemp clothing”
‘NJWeedman’ Convicted of Pot Possession
NJWeedman
asks court to set aside guilty verdict
Decriminalization:
The
Record: Time to exhale
Should Smoking Marijuana be Decriminalized? [POLL]
Extra:
Connecticut Becomes 17th Medical Marijuana State
Newark Mayor Cory Booker declares support for medical
marijuana
Bipartisan Amendment to Defund Obama Medical Marijuana Raids
Decriminalize
possession of small amount of marijuana
The Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey Inc. (CMMNJ)
supports Assembly Bill A1465, which decriminalizes possession of 15 grams of
marijuana or less. This bill will provide a level of protection for thousands
of sick, disabled and dying patients that New Jersey’s medical marijuana law
does not provide.
The mission of CMMNJ is to educate the public about the medical
benefits of marijuana. Since CMMNJ was founded in 2003, board members have
taken a strictly neutral stance on the issue of broader legalization of
marijuana. But at this time, the board of CMMNJ has endorsed A1465 for these
reasons:
• More than two years have passed since the New Jersey
Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was signed into law, yet not a single
patient has received legal medical marijuana.
• Patients continue to be arrested and imprisoned in this state for using
medical marijuana illegally to treat their medical conditions.
• Countless patients who could benefit from medical marijuana are currently
disqualified from participating in New Jersey’s medicinal marijuana program and
will continue to be disqualified for the foreseeable future.
A1465 will receive its first public, legislative hearing in the
Assembly Judiciary Committee today at 10 a.m. in the Statehouse Annex. CMMNJ
urges the committee members to approve the bill.
— Ken Wolski, RN, MPA,
Trenton
The writer is executive
director of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey Inc. (cmmnj.org).
See
also: (CMMNJ) Testimony in Support of A1465:
http://cmmnj.blogspot.com/2012/05/testimony-in-support-of-a1465.html
