CMMNJ

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About CMM-NJ

Coalition members hold diverse opinions, but we all agree:
Arresting patients is wrong, and it must stop now.

Modern clinical research, centuries of experience and the impassioned personal accounts of thousands of real patients concur: Marijuana can alleviate symptoms of certain serious medical conditions, and it can do so when other drugs fail to help. Doctors should be free to recommend this medicine to promote health, and sick or injured New Jerseyans should be free to use it responsibly. The safety margin for therapeutic marijuana is as wide as it can be - there is no known lethal dose.

New Jersey healthcare professionals dispense potentially lethal drugs every day. We trust them to do so very carefully, and solely to benefit their patients. Common sense and compassion demand that doctors should control non-lethal marijuana medicine for those who truly need it. To make this important change a reality, your voice is needed.

The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was introduced in the State Senate in January 2005 by Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden). A companion bill in the Assembly was sponsored by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton) and Assemblyman Michael Carroll (R-Morris Township).

The law passed by both houses of the Legislature in December 2009 and was signed January 11, 2010.

Under the current time-line, full implementation is expected in January 2011.

Also, please join our Mailing List and we'll keep you posted on important dates, news and ways you can help support the New Jersey patients and families who need your help. Thank you very much!

About Personal Experience

Dear Friend:

Sometimes a personal experience moves you to action. Jim Miller’s wife, Cheryl, had multiple sclerosis (MS). Marijuana was the most effective method of relieving the painful symptoms of her condition. Yet Cheryl faced arrest and imprisonment simply for using a drug that relieved her suffering. As a result, Jim and I have formed a coalition that seeks to allow patients to have legal access to medical marijuana here in New Jersey.

Sadly, Cheryl died in June 2003 from complications from MS. But thousands of New Jersey patients could still benefit from the therapeutic effects of marijuana. These include cancer patients, AIDS patients, glaucoma patients, and spinal cord patients. Marijuana has proven to be effective in all of these conditions. Marijuana also has an extremely wide margin of safety for use under medical supervision and cannot cause lethal reactions.

Get Involved

Get Involved -

- MONTHLY MEETINGS are open to the public and held on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00PM at the Lawrence Township Public Library.

- CMMNJ needs citizens who can directly benefit from the proposed program to contact legislators - contact Ken

- CMMNJ needs volunteers to book events and man tables contact Ken

Medical Marijuana Testimony

Thousands of sick and dying people risk arrest and imprisonment simply for using the only medication that is effective for their condition. This is happening right here in New Jersey. This is an outrage and this must stop.

I am a Registered Nurse with over 28 years of professional experience in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I have a master’s degree in Public Administration. I have worked in community hospitals, university hospitals and psychiatric hospitals. I have also worked in public health and in the state prison system. In my career, I have seen thousands of patients who could have benefited from the therapeutic effects of marijuana. As a nurse, I have a responsibility to promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health and to alleviate suffering.

Testimony of Jim Miller

President, CMM-NJ
Summary of Activities
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I don't have all of our medical marijuana (mmj) accomplishments listed as of yet, but these are the finer points: