DRUGS/MARIJUANA LAWYER IN BERGEN (HACKENSACK), PASSAIC (PATERSON),MORRIS (MORRISTOWN) COUNTIES: GOVERNOR CHRISTIE AGREES TO IMPLEMENT NEW JERSEY'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW

As explained in an earlier blog, the federal government has recently issued a letter to New Jersey's Attorney General indicating that it has no intention of prosecuting state employees while they administered the state’s medical marijuana law. Last Tuesday, Governor Chris Christie gave the go- ahead to open the dispensaries authorized by the statute because he believes that the law, which is narrowly defined, will not run afoul of federal drug laws.

The federal government's letter indicated that while other states’ medical marijuana laws have produced "large scale" marijuana/pot industries which may be subjected to federal investigations and prosecution, it did not believed that a similar result will occur in New Jersey because the statute is one of the strictest in the nation. Patients who qualify will be severely limited to the amount of marijuana/pot they can receive as well as the quality of the marijuana/pot dispensed. New Jersey statute authorizes six dispensaries in various parts of the state and thus far ninety-two physicians have registered for the program