New Jersey Closer to Sales of Medical Marijuana

This article discusses the ongoing process of the legalization of medical marijuana throughout the country: New Jersey was the 14th state to legalize the treatment, with former governor Jon Corzine signing the law as he left office in January of this year. Current governor Chris Christie has been compromising with advocates of medical marijuana, resulting in new regulations that would allow 6 growing and distribution sites throughout the state. However, among all the states that legalized medical marijuana, New Jersey would be the first to limit the amount of psychotropic chemcial in the drug. Furthermore, this restriction would only apply to the 3 nonfatal conditions of seizures, glaucoma, and intractable muscle spasms. Despite the willingness of Governor Christie to make compromises on a law he does not want to exist, advocates of medical marijuana in the state say that he is discouraging the access of the drug "by forbidding home cultivation or delivery, and by requiring doctors to be registered and to take a training course before they can certify patients for treatment." This issue is one of many that continue to polarize officials in state governments across the United States.