Medical marijuana may be more accessible in New Jersey

New Jersey expanded its medical marijuana program, including increasing the number of illnesses eligible for cannabis use, boosting the amount that can be dispensed, and raising the number of cultivator permits, under a broad new law.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act on Tuesday
• The law is named after a 7-year-old who died early last year after battling brain cancer.
• The law lowers the threshold from debilitating illnesses to “qualifying” illnesses to make it easier for health care officials to prescribe the drug.
• It permits physician assistants and advanced practice nurses to authorize medical cannabis. Previously, only doctors could prescribe it.

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