NJ Appellate Division Clears Haze About Workers’ Compensation Prescribed Medical Marijuana
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It’s legal in New Jersey to use marijuana for prescribed medical reasons. Many of the state’s employers use drug testing to screen job applicants and terminate employees. A recent NJ court decision sheds much needed light on this developing area of law.
In order to apply as an ATC, the applicant must have submitted various documentation and criteria to the DOH before the deadline. This included the ATC’s proposed legal name and address of the facility, the applicant’s legal status, the Certificate and Articles of Incorporation, any and all By-Laws for the corporation, any and all organizing documents for the association, and a certificate of good standing issued by the New Jersey Secretary of State.
The South Orange Village Board of Trustees voted at a special meeting on August 20 to approve “Resolution Supporting the Expansion of the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act,” allowing for a potential Alternative Treatment Center (“ATC”) to be located in the Village.
In the wake of Governor Phil Murphy’s Executive Order 6 and subsequent issuance by the New Jersey Department of Health (the “Department”) of its report on the expansion of the State’s medical marijuana program, prospective New Jersey patients continue to seek entry into the existing framework. Currently, the State is attempting to serve approximately 22,000 patients via only five operating dispensaries (with a sixth to open in the near future, pending final approval from the Department).
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