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Medical Marijuana Overview

N.J.S.A. 24:61
The New Jersey Medical Marijuana Law was signed into law in January of 2010. The Department of Health and Senior Services has established a process to register qualified patients, caregivers, and alternative treatment centers and has begun to approve alternative treatment centers.

Updates are available from:
The Department of Health and Senior Services
(600) 292-7837 and by checking:
http://www.state.nj.us/health/medicalmarijuana/, Retrieved October  25, 2012.
Applicability:
Law applies to physicians, primary caregivers, and those authorized to produce marijuana for medical purposes.

 Quantity Allowed:
90 day supply of usable marijuana

How Obtained:
New type of pharmacy- called alternative treatment centers- centers starting to open.

Liability Protections:
Protection from arrest, prosecution, property forfeiture, and criminal and other penalties for patients, physicians, primary caregivers, and those who are authorized to produce medical marijuana for medical purposes.

Statutory Requirements For Authorized Use:
Registry Identification cards will be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services which will identify a person as a registered qualifying patient or a primary caregiver.

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