It's taken more than a year, but New Jersey is finally implementing a medical marijuana program that was approved just before Gov. Chris Christie took office. With six dispensaries or "alternative treatment centers" scheduled to distribute the drug, a monthly limit on quantity and a number of other regulations, state Sen. Nicholas Scutari said the state's program is the...
It's taken more than a year, but New Jersey is finally implementing a medical marijuana program that was approved just before Gov. Chris Christie took office.
With six dispensaries or "alternative treatment centers" scheduled to distribute the drug, a monthly limit on quantity and a number of other regulations, state Sen. Nicholas Scutari said the state's program is the most restrictive in the country.
A number of experts generally agree with that assessment, according to the results of a PolitiFact New Jersey investigation that rates the senator's claim True.
Read our complete ruling at PolitiFactNJ.com, and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.
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