NJ: Medical Marijuana Stakeholders Meeting planned

Medical marijuana rally in New Jersey (author)

The Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey (CMMNJ) has announced a Medical Marijuana Stakeholders Meeting to be held in conjunction with the national patient advocacy organization, Americans for Safe Access (ASA).

This event will take place in Trenton, NJ at the New Jersey State Museum Auditorium on Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM.

Medical marijuana patients, their families, advocates, potential Alternative Treatment Center owners, and health care professionals are encouraged to attend the meeting.

Steph Sherer, Executive Director of ASA, will be the featured presenter at the Stakeholders Meeting. Steph is an international leader and expert in medical cannabis advocacy who aids in drafting legislation and advises governments around the globe. She has been a guest lecturer at University of California, Berkeley and George Washington University, DC.

According to the CMMNJ press release:

The Stakeholders Meeting will look at the following topics:
1. Creating the political playing field necessary to pass federal, state, and local legislation.
2. Implementing medical cannabis laws with methods that meet the needs of patients.
3. Passing meaningful legislation that creates safe and legal access in additional states.

Also presenting on the status and details of New Jersey’s medical marijuana law will be CMMNJ’s Executive Director Ken Wolski RN and the group’s media spokesperson Chris Goldstein. Additional speakers will be announced.

The cost to attend the all-day conference is just $20.

A benefit dinner with CMMNJ’s volunteers, Board members and ASA’s Steph Sherer will also take place on Friday night, 8/20/10 at 7:00 PM.

About ASA
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is the largest national member-based organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. ASA has over 30,000 active members with chapters and affiliates in more than 40 states. ASA protects the rights of cannabis patients.

CMMNJ and other groups in New Jersey are planning additional seminars and conferences. Patients and advocates are intensifying education efforts in order to get the medical marijuana law implemented without further amendments or delay.

Americans for Safe Access online: www.safeaccessnow.org

More about medical marijuana in New Jersey at www.cmmnj.org

Read the full text of NJ's medical marijuana law http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/PL09/307_.HTM

by Chris Goldstein, the Philadephia NORML Examiner. Chris is on the Board of Directors at CMMNJ. He may be contacted through media@cmmnj.org

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