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The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission was created through the enactment of the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, signed by Governor Phil Murphy on July 2, 2019. [2] The Commission, "in but not of the Department of the Treasury," was granted responsibility over the state's medical marijuana program. [3]
The Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, nicknamed Jake's Law, was named after 7-year-old Jake Honig who died on January 21, 2018, in New Jersey from brain cancer. [1] Jake's Law expanded the state's medical marijuana program and was based on Jake's story. It was signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy on July 2, 2019. [2]
Legality of medical and non-medical cannabis in the United States. Areas under tribal sovereignty not shown. Cannabis regulatory agencies exist in several of the U.S. states and territories, the one federal district, and several areas under tribal sovereignty in the United States which have legalized cannabis.
Under New Jersey's medical-marijuana law, up to a maximum of six alternate treatment centers receive contracts from the state. These centers, which must be nonprofit, have the exclusive right to produce and sell medical marijuana in New Jersey. [20] [16] The first dispensary opened in December 2012 in Montclair. [22]
In 2006, New Jersey’s Department of Health and Senior Services began licensing private medevac helicopter companies to supplement State Police helicopters. [10] In December 2007, the Public Health Council of New Jersey approved the first state policy in the United States mandating flu vaccines for all New Jersey children, in order for those children to be allowed to attend preschools and day ...
Although state medical cannabis programs are protected by the amendment, it does not change the legal status of cannabis, and must be renewed each fiscal year in order to remain in effect. [5] The Justice Department has also interpreted the amendment in a manner vastly different from the authors' intent, which it has used to justify a number of ...
Some estimate the expansion could bring in up to 365,000 new patients into the medical marijuana program generating an additional $425 million in revenue for the state. [21] On August 12, 2019 Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law legislation that once again expands Illinois' medical cannabis program and also makes it permanent. [22]
2010: New Jersey legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. [39] 2010: Arizona legalizes medical cannabis through ballot measure. 2010: California legislators reduce penalties for cannabis to a civil infraction. [40] 2011: Delaware legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. [41]