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Medical
Marijuana:
Both
New
Jersey
Governor
Candidates
Support
It
10/21/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/408/bothcandidates.shtml
Medical marijuana will have
a friend in the New Jersey statehouse next year, no matter who wins next
month's gubernatorial election, at least according to what the candidates
say now. In a debate carried on radio last week, both Democratic
candidate US Sen. Jon Corzine and Republican candidate Doug Forrester said
they would support the medicinal use of marijuana.
"Under the proper circumstances,
I think we need to provide all medical resources, and that includes what
is emerging now with regard to this particular application," Forrester
said. "I'm very much open to that."
"If a doctor prescribes it,
we need to do what is in the best interests of the patient," said Corzine.
The candidates addressed
the issue in response to a listener's question broadcast on New Jersey
101.5 FM radio and other New Jersey stations owned by the Millennium chain.
A bill that would provide
for medical marijuana in the Garden State was introduced last year with
support from numerous groups, including the influential New Jersey Nurses
Association, but it has yet to pass.
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