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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 N.J. PTSD sufferers would qualify for medical marijuana under bill approved by Assembly 🌿N.J. PTSD sufferers would qualify for medical marijuana under bill approved by Assembly
TRENTON — Post-traumatic stress disorder would be added to the list of illnesses that would qualify a person for New Jersey's medical marijuana program, and growers would be permitted to share excess cannabis with their competitors under legislation the state Assembly passed Thursday.
The Assembly also started a process to challenge rules the Christie administration created that dispensary owners say discourage people from participating in the medical marijuana program. Sponsors said the rules were not included in the law that was signed by former Gov. Jon Corzine just before Gov. Chris Christie took office in 2010.
The resolution (ACR-224) approved in a 44-20 vote, with eight abstentions, would reverse the requirement that a list be made public of all physicians willing to recommend patients to the program -- a step that has kept some doctors from joining out of fear they will alienate other patients or partners.
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