New Jersey Senator seeks to postpone Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Senator Nicholas Scutari, introduced legislation today calling for a three-month delay in getting medical marijuana started in his state. The bill he is introducing would only delay the process from starting for another 3 months. That means MMJ would begin in NJ by January 2011. New Jersey's Governor Christie recently proposed that NJ's Hospitals and Rutgers University be the official state growers of marijuana.

New Jersey Multiple Sclerosis Patient is Free on Bail

Delmont, New Jersey | A 37 year old Multiple Sclerosis patient, John Wilson, was released from Southern State Prison early this week.

John was sentenced to 5 years in prison last month for growing marijuana and possessing mushrooms. 1 month and $15,000 later, Wilson says that other than a few muscle spasms and prison being a little scary, his health was OK while he was in custody. Full AP Release

It's no good that John had to go through all this, but it really is a perfect example of the gapping flaws of the existing legal system. New Jersey's new Medical Marijuana laws are set to go in to effect, August 1st 2010. But even then, John will not be able to grow his own "medicine". He'll have to go to a state run dispensary and pay their prices. John is already not able to afford his prescribed multiple sclerosis medication, which would cost him $3000 a month... Unless you want to wait 10 - 12 years for NJ to get their head straight, it's time for you and your Mom to move to California John.

New Jersey MMJ Fall Harvest

May we suggest a Festival to go along with New Jersey's first ever Medical Marijuana Fall Harvest? I think MMJ USA just did.

New Jersey will harvest their first marijuana crop this Fall. 6 State Run Dispensaries, yet to be announced... as far as I know. State Grown Weed - New Jersey Does it Different - and in my opinion, they do it in a less free and/or American way. Let the free market do what it will. You don't need a massive harvest under lock and key. Let the individuals of NJ have a profitable home business... But anyway, New Jersey is doing it their own way, lets see how it works out.

From NJ.Com | If all goes according to plan, New Jersey’s first legally grown marijuana plants will be harvested this fall from greenhouses, where they will have been growing for months under the gaze of cameras and security guards. The plants will be dried, packaged and readied for purchase at six licensed facilities by thousands of registered patients who have debilitating illnesses.

The product will not be called Garden State Red or Jersey Gold or anything like that. But when that first joint is lit, New Jersey officially will have ventured where none of the other 13 states that legalized marijuana consumption for medicinal purposes has gone before: taking the lead role in the pot manufacturing and distribution business.

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New Jersey Deciding how to do MMJ

So, New Jersey is in its MMJ infancy stage. NJ lawmakers are trying to decide where MMJ dispensaries should be located and who should be able to have access. All I know is that when it's available in Newark, I and 4 million other New Yorkers will be taking the NJ Path train to the nearest doctor and dispensary. All the money New jersey makes will of course make New York law makers jealous, forcing them to follow their neighbors example. 

Cliffside Park, NJ | The New Jersey state legislature passed the bill S119 legalizing medical marijuana on January 18, 2010. Harmony Foundation (a non-profit organization), in association with Greenway University, is starting to hold educational seminars which will cover everything needed to know about the medical marijuana / cannabis industry.

In the next six months, the state health department must decide who will be permitted to open "Alternative Treatment Centers" (ATC), how medical marijuana should be tested, in what communities it should be sold and to design rules and regulations for the New Jersey medical marijuana industry. Read the Whole Story.

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New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensaries | Dispensary Listings coming soon...