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Slow Start for NJ Marijuana Doctor Registry

1/11/2012 - A spokesperson at the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Donna Leusner, said that there are one hundred and nine physicians registered with the state’s medicinal marijuana program. This is an increase of just nineteen since the last check on the list in June 2011.

The Garden State is requiring the nation’s first registry for doctors who wish to recommend cannabis therapy. The separate registry for seriously ill patients is not open yet. Qualifying NJ patients do not have any protection from arrest or prosecution if they are caught with marijuana.

The physician registry for medical cannabis began in October 2010.

Read more: http://www.freedomisgreen.com/new-jersey-109-doctors-register-for-medica...

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