New Jersey Medical Marijuana Law

Status

Operational

Law Signed:

2010

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

  • Addiction substitute therapy for opioid reduction
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Anxiety
  • Cancer (includes associated chronic pain and/or severe nausea)
  • Chronic pain
  • Chronic visceral pain
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps)
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS (includes associated chronic pain and/or severe nausea)
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  • Migraines
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Opioid dependency
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Seizure and/or spasticity disorders
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Any terminal illness if a doctor has determined the patient will die within a year

PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS

Three ounces per month

HOME CULTIVATION

No

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES

Yes.

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES OPERATIONAL

Yes

DELIVERY

  • Yes

MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATUTES

  • N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 24-61-1-10 (2015)
  • N.J. Stat. Ann. §24:6I-3 (2010)

CAREGIVERS

Yes, primary caregiver is a person who has agreed to assist with a registered qualifying patient’s medical use of marijuana. Primary caregiver cannot be the patient’s physician. Primary caregiver must be a resident of New Jersey. The primary caregiver can never have been convicted of a felony drug offense. The caregiver must be 18 years of age or older. As of 3/27/18, caregivers may provide for more than one patient at a time. An “institutional caregivers” is defined as “an employee of a health care facility who is authorized to assist qualifying patients who are patients or residents at the health care facility with the medical use of cannabis, including obtaining medical cannabis for the patient from a medical cannabis dispensary or clinical registrant and accepting deliveries of medical cannabis for the patient.”

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REGISTERED PATIENTS

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS

RECIPROCITY

Yes. Visiting patients can get a nonrenewable, six-month MCP card that will allow them to make purchases without state sales tax on cannabis and cannabis products, use patient-only lines, and purchase during patient-only hours at dispensaries. Out-of-state patients will need to consult with a registered New Jersey health care practitioner who will enroll them in our registry allowing them to register for a card with a current copy of their registration in the home state’s program.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Cannabis Regulatory Commission