New Jersey senator introduces medical marijuana

Freshman Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Middlesex, Somerset, and Union) took the initiative to introduce MPP's model medical marijuana bill, and now he needs your help. Please send a letter to your state senator asking him or her to cosponsor this compassionate legislation. Our site will also enable you to send a letter to your representative in the Assembly, asking that he or she support Sen. Scutari's effort.

Further, if you are—or know of—a patient who uses marijuana for medical purposes, please e-mail rgrim@mpp.org if you can help out with the cause. MPP is also looking for supportive doctors, attorneys, professors, law enforcement officials, and other public figures willing to speak out or help in some other way.

Sen. Scutari, an attorney with a strong reputation among law enforcement officers and officials, is the kind of champion who demonstrates that medical marijuana is not a partisan issue, but one of compassion. Please take a few moments to move this bill forward by visiting our action center.

After you choose your favorite pre-written letter and type in your address, our site will automatically e-mail your letter to your legislators … all with the click of a few buttons. If you've never used our electronic system to send letters to your representatives before, you'll be surprised at how quick and easy it is.

We will update you as the bill moves forward. Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project. Please forward this on to people you know in New Jersey so that the state's lawmakers understand that medical marijuana is an issue that won't go away.