NJ Holds Medical Marijuana Fund Hearing
The NJ Senate Health Committee held a hearing on establishing an emergency fund to cover medical cannabis as one man sues his former boss for coverage. The bill is S 3799 “Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.” It would allow certain […]
Medical Cannabis Patients Make Advances on 4/20 Eve
Governor Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed a bill establishing telemedicine because he thought it would be too onerous on cannabis patients. Also, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of the patient being reimbursed for medical cannabis in Vincent Hager v. M&K Construction. Murphy similarly conditionally vetoed the expungement bill in 2019 because he did […]
NJ Legislators Tackle Medical Cannabis Costs in Certain Situations
The New Jersey Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill to allow medical cannabis coverage in worker’s compensation and car insurance cases. The bill, A 1708, passed the committee 7-4 on party lines. While medical marijuana is not covered by health insurance, should this bill become law, companies paying out worker’s compensation cases would have to […]
Lefty Grimes and Sativa Cross: Unconventional Activism and Podcasting
Sativa Cross and lead activist Lefty Grimes advocate for NJ medical cannabis with unconventional tactics and a podcast.
Issues Implementing Cannabis Home Delivery Remain
In the wake of COVID-19’s social distancing regulations, cannabis home delivery has been a major issue for medical cannabis patients. For many sickly medical cannabis patients, cannabis home delivery is a serious issue. Many have great difficulty traveling due to their condition. Some face challenges due to physical handicaps. Others are afraid of the effects […]
Cannabis Strain Named for Advocate at Harmony Dispensary
A new cannabis strain has been released by Harmony dispensary in Secaucus named BridgeH20 after veteran advocate and businessman Leo Bridgewater. Bridgewater is the Director of Veteran’s Outreach for Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) and has been a leader for legalization here in New Jersey while involved in the cannabis industry across the country. He […]
Happy Therapist Addresses Mental Health with NJ Medical Marijuana
Known as “the happy therapist,” Sonia Singh is a psychotherapist. She has done a lot to treat patients’ mental health issues with NJ medical marijuana. She is a double board-licensed clinician in New Jersey. With her staff, they serve marginalized, vulnerable, and previously self-medicating mental health patients. They specialize in treating co-occurring disorders. “My heart […]
Hope Wiseman: Youngest Black Female License Owner Has NJ Connects
Mary & Main is a medical marijuana dispensary founded by Hope Wiseman. She is the youngest black woman to win a dispensary license in 2016. Hope Wiseman founded the dispensary with her mother Dr. Octavia Wiseman along with Dr. Larry Bryant, both dentists. Their dispensary is located in Capitol Heights, MD. They first applied for […]
Dragonfly Health: Medical Marijuana Funny Business
Dragonfly Health is a medical marijuana practice that seems to have shady business practices at its core with little concern for ethics. The company was founded by David Hassine who got control of the practice of New Jersey Alternative Medicine (NJAM) from Dr. Andrew Medvedovsky, one of the first doctors in New Jersey to advocate […]
Medical Cannabis Reduces Opioid Prescriptions, Studies Show
Two studies published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that medical cannabis reduces opioid prescriptions in states with medical cannabis programs. The researchers studied data from Medicare, which mostly covers people over the age of 65. One of the studies looked at opioid prescriptions covered by Medicare Part D between 2010 and 2015. It showed that states with active […]
Record High Medical Cannabis Program Keeps Growing in NJ
New Jersey is continuing to grow enrollment in its medical cannabis program in the Department of Health under Governor Phil Murphy (D). The program was mostly stagnant under former Governor Chris Christie (R) for eight years. But last week the Department of Health announced that under Murphy, the program reached 40,000 patients! Today, NJ’s #MedicalMarijuana […]
Medical Marijuana Program In New Jersey Continues To Grow
Governor Phil Murphy (D) has called for the expansion of the medical marijuana program in New Jersey since it is very small.