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Cannabis in New Jersey, the Glossary

Cannabis in New Jersey is legal for both medical use and recreational use.^[1]

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Advanced practice nurse

An advanced practice nurse (APN) is a nurse with post-graduate education and training in nursing.

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Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimate public policy.

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ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease in the United States, is a rare, terminal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of both upper and lower motor neurons that normally control voluntary muscle contraction.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.

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American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit civil rights organization in Newark, New Jersey, and an affiliate of the national American Civil Liberties Union.

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Arthritis

Arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder that affects joints.

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Autism

Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by symptoms of deficient reciprocal social communication and the presence of restricted, repetitive and inflexible patterns of behavior that are impairing in multiple contexts and excessive or atypical to be developmentally and socioculturally inappropriate.

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Background check

A background check is a process a person or company uses to verify that an individual is who they claim to be, and this provides an opportunity to check and confirm the validity of someone's criminal record, education, employment history, and other activities from their past.

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Bellmawr, New Jersey

Bellmawr (pronounced "BELL-mar") is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Brick Township, New Jersey

Brick Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Camden, New Jersey

Camden is a city in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Cannabis cultivation

Cultivation of cannabis is the production of cannabis infructescences ("buds" or "leaves").

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Cannabis in Washington, D.C.

In Washington, D.C., cannabis is legal for both medical use and recreational use for possession, personal use, cultivation, transportation and gifting, and for retail sale once a regulatory system is implemented following an affirmative vote by the residents on a 2014 ballot initiative.

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Chris Christie

Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.

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Chronic pain

Chronic pain or chronic pain syndrome is a type of pain that is also known by other titles such as gradual burning pain, electrical pain, throbbing pain, and nauseating pain.

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Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey

Cinnaminson Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Constitution of New Jersey

The Constitution of the State of New Jersey is the basic governing document of the State of New Jersey.

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Constitution of the United States

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States.

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Cranbury, New Jersey

Cranbury is a township in southern Middlesex County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Dravet syndrome

Dravet syndrome (DS), previously known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder which causes a catastrophic form of epilepsy, with prolonged seizures that are often triggered by hot temperatures or fever.

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Drug prohibition

The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to prevent the recreational use of certain intoxicating substances.

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Eagleton Institute of Politics

The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University was established in 1956 with an endowment from Florence Peshine Eagleton (1870–1953), and it focuses on state and national politics through education and public service.

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Ed Forchion

Edward Forchion (born Robert Edward Forchion, Jr July 23, 1964), also known as NJWeedman, is an American Rastafari cannabis rights and free speech activist, perennial candidate, actor, writer, and restaurateur.

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Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey

Egg Harbor Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures.

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Expungement

In the common law legal system, an expungement or expunction proceeding, is a type of lawsuit in which an individual who has been arrested for or convicted of a crime seeks that the records of that earlier process be sealed or destroyed, making the records nonexistent or unavailable to the general public.

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Freehold Township, New Jersey

Freehold Township is a township in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that lead to damage of the optic nerve, which transmits visual information from the eye to the brain.

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Hazlet, New Jersey

Hazlet is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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HIV/AIDS

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.

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Holiday City-Berkeley, New Jersey

Holiday City-Berkeley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Berkeley Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine, with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) being the principal types.

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Irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by a group of symptoms that commonly include abdominal pain, abdominal bloating and changes in the consistency of bowel movements.

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Jake's Law

The Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, nicknamed Jake's Law, was named after 7-year-old Jake Honig who died on January 21, 2018, in New Jersey from brain cancer.

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Joe F. Vitale

Joseph F. Vitale (born November 10, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where he represents the 19th Legislative District.

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Jon Corzine

Jonathan Stevens "Jon" Corzine (born January 1, 1947) is an American financial executive and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 2001 to 2006, and the 54th governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010.

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Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States

In the United States, the non-medical use of cannabis is legalized in 24 states (plus Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia) and decriminalized in 7 states, as of November 2023.

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Local government in New Jersey

Local government in New Jersey is composed of counties and municipalities.

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Lyme disease

Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes.

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Medical cannabis

Medical cannabis, medicinal cannabis or medical marijuana (MMJ), is cannabis and cannabinoids that are prescribed by physicians for their patients.

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Medical cannabis in the United States

In the United States, the use of cannabis for medical purposes is legal in 38 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia, as of March 2023.

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Middletown Township, New Jersey

Middletown Township is a township in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Migraine

Migraine is a genetically influenced complex neurological disorder characterized by episodes of moderate-to-severe headache, most often unilateral and generally associated with nausea and light and sound sensitivity.

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Montclair, New Jersey

Montclair is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged.

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Muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time.

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Name change

Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

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New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission is a state government agency that regulates the sale of medicinal and recreational marijuana products in New Jersey.

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New Jersey Department of Health

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey General Assembly

The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.

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New Jersey Legislature

The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Senate

The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council.

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New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division

The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division (in case citation, N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div) is the intermediate appellate court in New Jersey.

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Nicholas Scutari

Nicholas Paul Scutari (born November 18, 1968) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 115th president of the New Jersey Senate since 2022.

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NJ.com

NJ.com is a digital news content provider and website in New Jersey owned by Advance Publications.

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Nonprofit organization

A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.

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North Jersey Media Group is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey and owned by the Gannett Company, Inc.

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Oakland, New Jersey

Oakland is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey and a suburb of New York City.

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Oceanport, New Jersey

Oceanport is a borough situated in the Jersey Shore region, within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Opioid use disorder

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a substance use disorder characterized by cravings for opioids, continued use despite physical and/or psychological deterioration, increased tolerance with use, and withdrawal symptoms after discontinuing opioids.

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Perennial candidate

A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely, if ever, wins.

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Phil Murphy

Philip Dunton Murphy (born August 16, 1957) is an American politician, diplomat, and financier serving as the 56th governor of New Jersey.

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Physician assistant

A Physician Assistant or Physician Associate (PA) is a type of healthcare professional.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_New_Jersey

Also known as Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, History of cannabis in New Jersey, Public opinion on cannabis in New Jersey, Recreational marijuana in New Jersey.

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