CMMNJ Zoom Meeting Agenda for May 14, 2024

 

CMMNJ Monthly Public Zoom Meeting Agenda for May 14, 2024 at 7 pm

ZOOM Meeting ID: 897 6460 0575  Passcode: 262982 

Or, click: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89764600575?pwd=aTl0MDBMYXM3ZlhtRWUreGFpOTNWdz09

Agenda: New Jersey Issues:

Governor Phil Murphy @GovMurphy posted: “On the second anniversary of adult use marijuana sales, NJ is proud to be home to 130 dispensaries.”

The NJ cannabis community gathered in Trenton on April 22nd to celebrate Earth Day and demand medical cannabis home cultivation.

Cannabis Home Grow Protest at NJ State House; Attracts Police

The weed holiday of 420 this year was a great celebration for the NJ cannabis community.

Does your NJ town allow cannabis businesses? growing your own cannabis plant remains a third-degree felony

Medical marijuana patient to Scutari: Let my people grow | Editorial

NORML Action Alert: New Jersey: Allow Patients to Grow Their Own Medicine

Trenton gets it first weed store

Columnists show ignorance about medical marijuana; Ed Hannaman, CMMNJ Board. 

A state appellate court, in a decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling against Highland Park residents who claimed the borough violated federal law by allowing the sale of recreational marijuana.

“Remembering the 60’s” with Ken Wolski and Asm. Herb Conaway, MD, “The Elderly and Medical Marijuana” Mercer County Library, Lawrence Twp. Branch, 4/11.

Improving access to medical cannabis, By Ken Wolski, NJ Cannabis Insider, 4/5/24.

Shore Grow Hydro’s “Vendor Day.”

420 Fest at Gaia’s Way Farm, Lambertville, NJ.

Stockton U, Cannabis Studies: “Cannabis Curriculum Convening” April 25 & 26, 2024.

Should CMMNJ include the coca leaf in our advocacy for plant medicine? Here is a presentation about the “coca leaf for medicine, nutrition, and spiritual purposes.”

CMMNJ Website: transitioning out of GoDaddy: https://www.cmmnj.org 

Upcoming Events: 

NJ Cannabis Town Hall: Expungement Clinic; Cannabis Career Fair; & Panel Discussions. Raritan Valley Community College, 6/22/24, at 12:00 – 5:00 PM

Pennington Day, Pennington, NJ, 5/18/24, 10 – 4 pm; CMMNJ table.

Annual LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, Asbury Park, 6/2/24. CMMNJ table, Check in: 6 – 10:30 am.

Archer Health Fair, 1025 Laurel Oak Road, Voorhees, NJ, 5/16/24, 10 – 2 PM. CMMNJ table.

Shore Grow, LLC 2024 Class Schedule 1710 Rt. 35 Oakhurst, NJ.

Third
Annual National Cannabis Patients’ Awareness Day
, Trenton, 7/10/2024,

Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) Upcoming Events

CMMNJ Expungement Clinic, Raritan Valley Community College, 6/22/24, 12 – 4pm.

Federal Drug Policy Reform: 

52
years late, DEA
plans to change cannabis scheduling

The Department of Justice, which oversees the DEA, recommended
that cannabis be classified as a schedule three
drug.
Americans for Safe
Access: Take Action Today!

A federal regulatory shift could change
the minds — and votes — of some state policymakers
who have been reluctant
to embrace weed.


U.S.
Senate Dems launch renewed
push for full marijuana legalization
: ‘‘Cannabis
Administration and Opportunity Act
’’

BE IT RESOLVED
that the
American
Cannabis Nurses Association
calls for evidence-based cannabis education to
be made available to all practicing nurses and healthcare providers to support
nurses’ competency with the endocannabinoid system and the entourage effect of
whole plant cannabis medicine.

U.S. Economy To Receive $112.4
Billion Boost from Cannabis Industry
in 2024
.

Cannabis
Users Stay Motivated: Lazy Stoner Myth Debunked
.

Florida
GOP Formally Opposes Marijuana
Legalization Ballot Initiative,

The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC):

The next CRC meeting:
May 8, 2024 and June 6, at 11 a.m. at 44 South Clinton Avenue, Trenton.

Watch live on YouTube

CRC: how to spend $3.1 million in 2023 from social
equity tax
on cannabis? 

New
Jersey Set A New Marijuana Sales Record
Last Quarter, With Regulators
Touting ‘Historical Highs’ On 4/20 Weekend.

Medical
Cannabis Program on the Decline
in New Jersey 

Jeff Brown, E.D. of the NJ CRC will
leave his post later this month
,
Chris Riggs, the commission’s chief
counsel, will become the interim E.D. 

Find a Dispensary
in NJ
.

CMMNJ’s post-legalization medical cannabis goals:

Insurance bills (note new bill numbers for 2024 – 2025 legislative session):
  • 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: Requires workers’ compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage.
  • A898: Subsidize medical cannabis in Medicaid or NJ Family Care.
Home cultivation bills (note new bill numbers for 2024 – 2025 legislative session):
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.

Treasury report: 

Checking: $10,052  

Make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal to info@cmmnj.org, or send a check to: 
CMMNJ, 219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618.


Fundraising ideas are always welcome. 

More info: 

Ken Wolski, RN, MPA (609) 394-2137 ohamkrw@aol.com 
Facebook: Friends of CMMNJ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62462971150/
Website: Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey: https://www.cmmnj.org 
Twitter: @CMM_NJ
CMMNJ bloghttps://cmmnj.org/

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.”

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