>Proponents push for pot program to begin
Princeton resident Vanessa Waltz thought the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act would be flourishing by now.
The law allows for New Jersey residents suffering from cancer, AIDS, Crohn’s disease and other serious conditions to obtain and use therapeutic cannabis with a doctor‘s prescription.
But two years after Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed the medical pot act into law, the program remains inactive. (Jordan, Gannett)