NJ medical marijuana card for opioid use? NJ 'exploring' weed in fight vs. opioid crisis
Opioid addicts in New Jersey, no matter how they got hooked on the deadly drugs, including heroin and prescription painkillers, could soon be prescribed medical marijuana to help them kick their habit, under a new proposal from the state Health Department.
A rule change would make prescription marijuana available to potentially thousands of opioid abusers and bring Garden State policy in line with more liberal policy measures in place in neighboring and other states.