| Medical marijuana has actually been around for eons | | | | place to follow suit. |
| but had been prohibited in most countries for many | | | | The strictness of the New Jersey law lies in its |
| years. Lately, however, various nations have begun | | | | requirement of purchasing the substance only via a |
| to recognize its worth in the healthcare arena. | | | | state regulated "alternative treatment center". It is |
| Therefore, legalization of the plant is taking hold | | | | the only state to require this route of obtaining the |
| globally as well as in the United States of America. | | | | drug; all other states allow home cultivation. |
| New Jersey is the most recent state to vote "Yes" | | | | It has medicinal properties and has helped with the |
| for its legalization. | | | | following health conditions: |
| It is derived from a plant called cannabis. It is often | | | | - Cancer |
| green or brown and consists of leaves, seeds and | | | | - Glaucoma |
| stems. While thought of over the last several | | | | - Positive HIV/AIDS diagnosis |
| decades as a strictly recreational drug, its therapeutic | | | | - Seizure |
| abilities have begun to be accepted by many. | | | | The loophole-language contained in the "New Jersey |
| New Jersey is the fourteenth place in the U.S. to | | | | Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana" states that |
| allow its legality with the passing of "New Jersey | | | | this current list of health conditions can be added to |
| Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Act". While | | | | at the discretion of the state health department. |
| the name sounds like a gentle law, it's actually the | | | | Other conditions that such marijuana is claimed to |
| toughest American version of its kind. Some | | | | assist with by other countries and states include |
| lawmakers in the east coast are worried that it will | | | | arthritis, brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, nausea |
| get out of hand with certain loopholes. The loopholes | | | | resulting from chemotherapy, epilepsy, asthma, and |
| reportedly are there to expand its use if necessary, | | | | migraines. |
| by allowing the list of "debilitating medical conditions" | | | | If a person needs to seek out a prescription writing |
| to be added to by health officials. | | | | doctor, he or she should search the internet in order |
| A former U.S. attorney who is now the | | | | to find alternative treatment centers in their area. |
| Governor-elect, Chris Christie, is especially unhappy | | | | They should be prepared to bring health records and |
| with what he perceives as the looseness of its | | | | current prescriptions and to be examined by a |
| language. Christie claims that California is an example | | | | physician in order to receive the okay to purchase |
| of a state who has become out-of-control regarding | | | | marijuana for medicinal purposes. |
| cannabis for medicinal purposes and doesn't want his | | | | |