Drug Policy Alliance New Jersey is gearing up for the first ever legislative hearing on medical marijuana in the Assembly!  This Thursday, May 22, the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee will hold an informational hearing on Assembly Bill 804, the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.

Much is riding on the success of the hearing—if this initial informational hearing goes well, it will help us advocate for hearings in the fall that will lead to votes in committee and then in the full legislature. You can help to ensure that the committee holding Thursday’s hearing understands how much support this legislation has among New Jerseyans. Please take a moment to contact the members of the committee telling them you support Assembly Bill 804!

Take action now.

In 2006, Drug Policy Alliance New Jersey launched the Compassionate Use Campaign to support safe medical marijuana access within the state.  This Campaign supports Assembly Bill 804 and Senate Bill 119, which are sponsored by Assemblymen Reed Gusciora and Michael Patrick Carroll, Assemblywoman Joan Voss, and State Senators Nicholas P. Scutari and Jim Whelan.  These bills would allow seriously ill patients access to medical marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation in a program run by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.  Encourage members of the Assembly Health committee to support this important legislation.

The time has come for New Jersey to join the 12 other states that allow seriously ill patients access to medical marijuana!  This common sense and compassionate legislation would relieve much needless suffering.  Join supporters of the Compassionate Use Campaign, including the New Jersey State Nurses Association; the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians; the New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care Organization; the New Jersey League for Nursing; the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Southern NJ and Northern NJ chapters; and the American Civil Liberties Union, and show your support for medical marijuana access in New Jersey.

Together we can make a difference and ease suffering in New Jersey!  Thank you for all you do.

Sincerely,

Roseanne Scotti
Drug Policy Alliance New Jersey

More Information

See our website for more on the Medical Marijuana Compassionate Use Campaign.