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Newshawk: http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm
Pubdate: Wed, 17 Oct 2012
Source: Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, NJ)
Copyright: 2012 Home News Tribune
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Website: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/825
STOP STALLING, ALLOW SALE OF MEDICAL POT
The good news for suffering patients in New Jersey is that medical
marijuana might - and we emphasize might - actually become available
by the end of the year. That's the hope, at least, after the state at
long last recently issued its first permit to a designated medical
marijuana dispensary, allowing Greenleaf Compassion Center in
Montclair to begin selling the drug.
But for the more than 300 patients now pursuing registration with the
state Health Department to be eligible for the medical marijuana,
we'd suggest holding off on any sighs of relief. Greenleaf isn't
ready to begin operations just yet, and Gov. Chris Christie may yet
have a trick or two up his sleeve to continue blocking implementation
of the program.
New Jersey legislators voted to legalize medical marijuana more than
two years ago, with former Gov. Jon Corzine signing the law in
January 2010. The program was supposed to begin that summer, but the
state never came close to meeting that goal.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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