Coalition for Medical Marijuana--New Jersey, Inc.: Agenda for May 11, 2010

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Monthly Public Meeting Agenda
Lawrence Twp. Library (Mercer County) Room #3
Tuesday, May 11, 2010; 7:00 PM -- 9:00 PM


7:00 PM:  Call meeting to order.   Approve April 2010 minutes.  Discuss:

The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act is scheduled to take effect in July 2010.  Emergency regulations were due in April 2010--CMMNJ's response to delays?  NJ DHSS posted info at: http://www.state.nj.us/health/med_marijuana.shtml  Patient advisory groups are forming to add qualifying conditions to the law.  ATC Advisory Board also formed.

John Wilson's bail hearing was 4/27/10; released from prison on 4/29 pending appeal.

Recent events:  Sixth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics, 4/15--17/10 in Warwick, RI.   4/20 event:  PhillyNORML fundraiser.  Jersey City Medical Marijuana Town Hall Meeting on 4/23/10.  MS Patient Support Group at Morris Hall, Lawrence Twp., NJ on 4/25/10.  May 1, 2010 Worldwide Marijuana Marches—CMMNJ in Philadelphia and New Brunswick, NJ.  

Upcoming CMMNJ events:
Medical Marijuana Info Seminar on 5/12/10 @ 5PM at Bayada Nurses of Morristown, NJ, 40 Maple Ave., Morristown, NJ, 973-538-3000; MS Patient Support Group at Contra State Hospital 5/17/10 at 1PM; Medical Marijuana Breakfast 6/3/10 @ 8:30 AM at New Jersey State Nurses Assn. Headquarters, Trenton, NJ.  Gay Pride Parade 6/6/10, Asbury Park, NJ.  Balloon Festival, 7/23, 24 & 25.  NJ League of Municipalities, November 15-18, 2010.  

Treasury report: Checking: $2,789.02; PayPal: $2,363.85.  IRS Form 990-N e-filed 4/13/10.  100 copies of "Cannabis Yields" bought for $265.  Tax-deductible donations to CMMNJ, a 501(c)(3) public charity may be made through Paypal on our web site, or send checks made out to "CMMNJ" to the address below.  Get a free t-shirt for a donation above $15—specify size.
    
CMMNJ's scheduled meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at the Lawrence Twp. Library from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM.  All are welcome.  Snacks are served.  The library is at 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Twp., Tel. #609.882.9246.   (Meeting at the library does not imply their endorsement of our issue.)  For more info, contact:

Ken Wolski, RN, MPA
219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618    
(609) 394-2137 [email protected] www.cmmnj.org

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