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New Jersey Legalizes Prescriptions for Marijuana
Posted by CN Staff on February 03, 2010 at 06:06:23 PT
By Omar Carrillo, Staff Writer
Source: Daily Princetonian
New Jersey -- Starting this June, some students may be able to legally smoke marijuana in New Jersey. The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, which was passed by the state legislature and signed by then-governor Jon Corzine (D) in January, will make New Jersey the 14th state in the nation and only the fourth on the East Coast to legalize marijuana for people with certain medical conditions.Since the law may not take effect for at least six months, the University is currently waiting on guidelines and rules from the state before developing its own plans for implementation.
“It would be premature to speculate about implementation before the state has determined an approach,” University spokesperson Cass Cliatt ’96 said in an e-mail.In the coming months, University Health Services will work with local and state health officials to clarify the law’s rules in order to ensure effective application in the University setting, UHS Director John Kolligian said.The law prohibits public use of marijuana, while University rules currently prohibit smoking in buildings.The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D) of Princeton, is more limited than medical marijuana laws adopted by other states.New Jersey will not allow patients to grow their own marijuana plants. Instead, the state will distribute up to two ounces per month to people with a prescription. The state will also closely monitor distribution, as it currently does for medical opiates such as Oxycontin and morphine.Unlike California’s more liberal law, which allows marijuana usage by anyone who holds a “written or oral recommendation” from a physician affirming that the patient “would benefit from medical marijuana,” the New Jersey law requires users to have identification cards.Only patients who suffer from certain conditions — such as cancer, AIDS and multiple sclerosis — will be allowed to purchase the drug. In California, by contrast, common problems such as anxiety and chronic pain may qualify a patient to legally use marijuana.The limit of two ounces per patient per month is intended to prevent the law from expanding the drug’s recreational use. This amount is significantly less than California’s eight-ounce or Oregon’s 24-ounce limits, but it is comparable to policies in Rhode Island and Vermont.“I truly believe this will become a model for other states because it balances the compassionate use of medical marijuana while limiting the number of ailments that a physician can prescribe it for,” Gusciora told The New York Times last month.After passing with a vote of 48-14 in the General Assembly and 25-13 in the State Senate with bipartisan support in both houses, the bill was signed into law by Corzine on Jan. 18. Four more states and the District of Columbia are expected to pass similar legislation this year.Source: Daily Princetonian (NJ Edu)Author: Omar Carrillo, Staff WriterPublished: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Copyright: 2010 Daily Princetonian Publishing Company, Inc.Contact: mgao princeton.eduURL: http://drugsense.org/url/Y8T9wUDXWebsite: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 
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Comment #10 posted by JoeCitizen on February 04, 2010 at 04:43:58 PT
Imprecise language
The title of the article, "New Jersey Legalizes Prescriptions for Marijuana" is misleading.New Jersey has legalized physician affirmations for marijuana would be more correct. Better yet if they substituted cannabis for marijuana, that made-up propaganda word.By prescription specifically means it is part of the federal drug system overseen by the DEA. It was problems with prescriptions that torpedoed the earlier set of medical cannabis laws in the late 70's and early 80's. They provided for physicians to write prescriptions, which the feds and the DEA would in no way allow and would punish most severely if tried.So no, NJ doctors won't be writing prescriptions. But I hope they will be affirming the need for cannabis quite often.JC
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Comment #9 posted by afterburner on February 03, 2010 at 16:49:35 PT
'The Old World Shadows Hang Heavy in the Air' 
Pain management has been a problem since 1918 when the law enforcement method of 'drugs' control overrode the medical method:The War on Drugs, the War on Doctors, and the Pain Crisis in America - Eighty Years of Naked Emperors. by Alexander DeLuca, M.D., June 4, 2004 http://www.doctordeluca.com/Library/WOD/WOD-PCA060404cWeb.htmThe Republican approach to medical cannabis is to maintain, in large part, law enforcement oversight. The liberal approach is to return to doctors the medical approach to pain management.
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on February 03, 2010 at 14:38:56 PT
Hope
Thanks that was good.
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Comment #7 posted by Hope on February 03, 2010 at 13:58:57 PT
I hope you didn't hurt yourself.
I sent you an email.
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on February 03, 2010 at 13:49:08 PT
Hope
I know you're right. I sat in a hard back chair too long too. I normally get up and move around more then I did and that's not good. I just overdid it.
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Comment #5 posted by Hope on February 03, 2010 at 13:40:23 PT
too much fun
Laughing too much can make you sore even if you didn't just get your surgical staples out.Some people just love to make you laugh. But sometimes a smile is better than laughing until it hurts.
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on February 03, 2010 at 12:11:19 PT
cheebs1
Thank you so much. I am getting better every day but I over did in a few days ago and it set me back a little. We had company and I think I had too much fun! LOL! 
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Comment #3 posted by cheebs1 on February 03, 2010 at 11:19:35 PT:
Sorry
I am sorry that you are still in pain. I truly wish you the best and a speedy recovery :). You are a perfect example of the cruel system we currently have. Hang in there and keep doing what you do because I, and so many others, think that you are an incredible person.Peace, Love, and Pot
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on February 03, 2010 at 09:31:59 PT
cheebs1
The pain I have these days wouldn't qualify either and yet I can have high powered pain pills but not a mild medicinal herb. 
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Comment #1 posted by cheebs1 on February 03, 2010 at 09:27:46 PT:
Callous Disregard
"Only patients who suffer from certain conditions — such as cancer, AIDS and multiple sclerosis — will be allowed to purchase the drug. In California, by contrast, common problems such as anxiety and chronic pain may qualify a patient to legally use marijuana."Notice the callous disregard for human suffering. People have been programmed to not notice others in pain or in trouble. To anyone that has never experienced chronic pain it must just be something hippies make up to get pot. People should understand the topics about which they write or their ignorance becomes readily apparent to informed readers.Peace, Loave, and Pot
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