N.J. medical weed still too expensive, patients say. This lawmaker has a plan for that.
With premium dried weed costing as much as $500 an ounce ever since the first dispensary opened seven years ago, Gurowitz’s worries are widely shared among the state program’s 58,000 participants, patient advocates say. As long as marijuana is illegal under federal law, no insurance company will cover it.
Now one state lawmaker said he’s working on legislation that would help minimize some of the financial burden.
State Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, said he’s drafting a bill that would enable state-funded programs to pick up some of the tab.