New Jersey Medical Marijuana Patients for Home Cultivation
Registered medical marijuana patients in New Jersey call on New Jersey legislators and Governor-elect Phil Murphy to allow home cultivation of cannabis.
Caregivers and patients were expecting home gardens until the provision was removed in 2009 from the Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Act. Now, almost a decade later, the promise of a robust medical marijuana program is broken.
Home Cultivation is STILL needed for three reasons:
1) Cost – the cost of medical marijuana exceeds half the income of 50% of patients who are on disability;
2) Consistent supply – many patients need specific strains for their conditions, but the dispensaries have trouble maintaining their supplies, often dropping production of the most effective strains;
3) Empowerment – allowing patients to grow their own medicine lets them take control of their disease.
The recreational marijuana bill will likely make the medical strain supply issue worse, to the detriment of patients. Home cultivation is one way of alleviating this issue.
Ken Wolski RN, Executive Director of CMMNJ, stated, “Home cultivation empowers patients to take charge of their own healthcare, to grow their own medicine for pennies and to choose the specific strains that best helps their medical conditions.”
Peter Rosenfeld of CMMNJ added, “As New Jersey moves on to full legalization of marijuana, we want our legislators and Governor-elect Murphy to consider the needs of our state’s medical marijuana patients.”
CMMNJ extends an open invitation to Governor-elect Murphy to attend the free, monthly CMMNJ public meeting: Lawrence Township Library, Room #3, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 7:00 PM — 9:00 PM
Ken Wolski, RN, MPA, Executive Director
Coalition for Medical Marijuana–New Jersey, Inc.
(609) 394-2137
www.cmmnj.org
ohamkrw@aol.com
For more info, contact: Peter @ (856) 495-5824
jprosenfeld@yahoo.com
CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity, provides education about the benefits of safe and legal access to medical marijuana.
