Marijuana Policy Project

	Help New Jersey Patients Access Medical Marijuana! Urge the Health Commissioner to implement the state's medical marijuana law now!

Dear Supporter,

Two years ago today, you helped make New Jersey the 14th state to allow access to medical marijuana. But patients like Diane Riportella are still enduring unnecessary pain because they cannot safely and legally access their medicine.

Diane suffers from ALS, an incurable disease better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS attacks the nerve cells resulting in muscle weakness and atrophy, eventually leading to death. Unlike other medicines, marijuana eases her pain, renews her life and gives her the strength to keep going.

Why should patients like Diane continue to suffer needlessly?

Urge Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd to implement New Jersey’s medical marijuana program so that chronically ill patients like Diane can safely access the medicine they need without further delay.

Diane is saddened and enraged that she has to spend the last days of her life fighting for the right to use and safely access the medicine that best relieves her suffering. She needs your help.

You have the chance to transform the lives of sick patients like Diane by demanding that the Health Commissioner implement New Jersey’s medical marijuana program today.

Sincerely,

Roseanne Scotti
State Director, New Jersey
Drug Policy Alliance