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US NJ: Trenton Is Next Battleground in Marijuana Fight

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n619/a06.html
Newshawk: Coalition for Medical Marijuana--New Jersey www.cmmnj.org
Webpage: http://www.ocobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060514/NEWS/605140331
Pubdate: Sun, 14 May 2006
Source: Ocean County Observer (NJ)
Copyright: 2006 Ocean County Observer
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Website: http://www.ocobserver.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1212
Author: Kim Predham, Staff Writer
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal)

TRENTON IS NEXT BATTLEGROUND IN MARIJUANA FIGHT

TOMS RIVER - With the announcement that a medical marijuana bill will be discussed by the state Senate in June, residents and officials in Ocean County - which has become an improbable battleground for the issue - are once again gearing up for a fight.

Supporters like Jim Miller, a Dover Township resident whose wife used marijuana to relieve the symptoms of her multiple sclerosis, hailed the decision to hold a June 8 hearing.

"It's an important first step," Miller, whose wife Cheryl died in 2003, said.

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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake

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