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<title>More Delays Plaguing New Jersey&amp;#8217;s Medical Pot Program</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two years later, New Jersey patients are still waiting for their medical marijuana. The Commissioner of the New Jersey Dept of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), the government body commissioned to oversee the Garden State&rsquo;s long-delayed medicinal cannabis program, told <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> that legal pot won&rsquo;t be available to patients until the end of 2012 &ndash; at the absolute earliest.&#160;
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DHSS Commissioner Mary O&rsquo;Dowd said that New Jersey has &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7554">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:59:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>New Jersey Medical Marijuana Update</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Jersey&rsquo;s unsettled and sometimes tumultuous medical marijuana program is leaving patients in need of their medicine in limbo. Such is the story of Tim DaGiau, 23, an epileptic patient who has suffered from severe seizures for 13 years. DaGiau has self-medicated to better control his malady with medical marijuana regularly since he was 18 while attending college in Colorado (a medi-pot state), after attempting a string of unsuccessful prescription medications and surgeries, the last of &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7302">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>Medical Marijuana Can Proceed in New Jersey</title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the ongoing threats from the federal government, New Jersey&rsquo;s medical marijuana law will be implemented, Governor Chris Christie announced on Tuesday.
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Gov Christie&rsquo;s decision came despite his failing to receive sought-after assurances from the U.S. Justice Dept that it wouldn&rsquo;t seek to prosecute government employees involved in the regulation of the Garden State&rsquo;s medi-pot program.
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In announcing his decision, Gov Christie cited his own previous &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7208">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:12:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>East Coast Marijuana Update</title>
<description><![CDATA[Though marijuana news tends to be dominated by California and Colorado, there are developments &ndash; both positive and negative &ndash; across the nation in the ongoing struggle to legalize medical marijuana and decriminalize/legalize pot for adult recreational use, and the East Coast is no exception.
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First, the bad news:
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Even if you haven&rsquo;t smoked yet, this stat will blow your mind:&#160; According to analysis released February 11 by the legalization &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/6979">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:02:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>New Jersey Moves Forward with Medical Marijuana</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Jersey became the 14th state to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes last year. However, the program has been stymied while officials argued over details and, to date, not a single patient has benefited from the medical marijuana law.
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Today, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced a long awaited bipartisan agreement that will allow the program to move forward. The governor and lawmakers agreed to allow six &ldquo;alternative treatment centers&rdquo; that each grow and &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/6842">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:41:04 -0500</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mike Hughes</dc:creator>
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<title>The State of The Garden</title>
<description><![CDATA[<b>By Rick Cusick</b>
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Last year, while walking down the street in Newark, New Jersey, I was approached by a camera crew and asked if I would like to ask a question of the three candidates for Governor in the upcoming gubernatorial debate. I first I demurred and began to walk away but then, realizing the opportunity, I turned back and posed a question for the camera.
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&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a bill before the state &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/activism/rick/6774">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:53:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Richard Cusick</dc:creator>
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<title>MS Patient in NJ Appeals Pot Conviction</title>
<description><![CDATA[The lawyers of John Ray Wilson - who was sentenced in March 2010 to  five years in prison for growing 17 marijuana plants - are appealing his  conviction in New Jersey.
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Mr. Wilson suffers from  Multiple Sclerosis and has claimed from the beginning that he used  marijuana for medical purposes in treating his symptoms. Now free on  $15,000 bail while his lawyers appeal, Mr. Wilson's case has a good  chance according to Ken Wolski, the Executive Director of the Coalition  for Medical &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/stonerjesus420/6624">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:09:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Joseph Klare</dc:creator>
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<title>Rutgers Won't Grow New Jersey's Medical Pot</title>
<description><![CDATA[Officials in New Jersey had been floating the idea of Rutgers University growing medical marijuana to supply patients in the state under the new medical cannabis law, but the University has nixed that idea.
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According to a dean at Rutgers, the University didn't want to be put in the position of violating federal law, so they turned down a request from the Governor to participate.
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Governor Christie now turns to his original idea for the medical marijuana program, private &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/stonerjesus420/6592">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:15:37 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Joseph Klare</dc:creator>
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<title>MMJ Advocates in NJ Don't Like Governor's New Plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana advocates in New Jersey say they are unhappy with Governor Christie's alternative plan for the medical marijuana law in their state.
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Amidst reports that the governor wants to allow Rutgers University to be the only grower in the state, and make the state's teaching hospitals the only distributors, MMJ advocates say it won't work.
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&#034;Any one of several authorities could seize their properties,&#034; says Chris Goldstein from the Coalition for Medical &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/stonerjesus420/6564">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:51:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Joseph Klare</dc:creator>
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<title>Medical Marijuana News &amp; Reviews</title>
<description><![CDATA[Issue #2]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 21:35:38 -0400</pubDate>
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