Press Release: CMMNJ’s 20th Anniversary with New Board Members

CMMNJ’s
20^th Anniversary with New Board Members

 For more information, contact: Ken (609) 394-2137  

 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE

WHO:     The Coalition for Medical
Marijuana–New Jersey, Inc. (CMMNJ) 

WHAT:    Celebrates its 20^th
Anniversary with New Board Members

WHEN:   March 10, 2023

WHY:      
There is still much work to do.

The Coalition for Medical Marijuana–New Jersey, Inc. (CMMNJ) celebrates the 20^th
anniversary of its first public appearance by welcoming three new members to
its 11 member Board of Directors: Nichelle Santos and Jeff Booker, co-founders
of CannaCoverage https://www.cannacoverage.net/, and Valisha Desir, Esq. https://www.linkedin.com/in/valisha-desir-esq-a62b6743/, a cannabis industry lawyer.

CMMNJ’s
first public appearance was at the White Dog Café in Philadelphia on March 10,
2003. It was one of the final outreach efforts of Cheryl Miller, the wife of
CMMNJ co-founder Jim Miller. Cheryl found that marijuana was the only
drug that relieved her muscle spasms, and she was a tireless advocate for the
right of patients to use marijuana therapeutically. Cheryl died of complications of multiple sclerosis
(MS) on June 7, 2003.

CMMNJ was instrumental in getting the New Jersey
Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act introduced into the legislature in 2005
and signed into law in 2010.

In 2014, CMMNJ endorsed, and began a successful campaign for
the legalization of marijuana, calling it the best way to get this essential
medicine to the most people.

The CMMNJ Board’s post-legalization goals for medical cannabis
include:

• insurance coverage; 
• home cultivation rights; and,
• hospital & institutional access.

For more information, see: http://cmmnj.blogspot.com/

CMMNJ is a statewide, all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) public charity whose
mission is to educate the public about the benefits of safe and legal access to
medical marijuana.