Hooray for New Jersey

The state of New Jersey is the latest state to get it right......sort of. I'm talking about New Jersey's Latest law signed into affect by the Governor before leaving office. That's right boy's and girl's I'm talking about the new Medical Marijuana Law. New Jersey is the latest state (1 out of 14) to allow medical marijuana for sick patients. New Jersey law states that if you have AIDS, Glaucoma, MS, or any one of the other illnesses that the state put on the bill, you will be allowed to receive up to two ounces a month. You may posses and smoke without fear of prosecution. While it's great to see that more states are following California's lead in medical marijuana, New Jersey was not quite as easygoing about the law as California. Lawmakers fearing a repeat of what has happened in California(there laws are so lax that it's more or less de-criminalized)have put some stipulations into the bill. Patients in New Jersey originally in the bill would be allowed to grow their own marijuana, with the way the bill is written now though, they have to go to state dispensaries to get their medicine. This is presumably done so a better eye can be kept on those using the medicine, having to show a card at the dispensary. This however raises a question about access to the drug. If someone is sick enough to need marijuana under the state guidelines,then I would assume they may not be healthy enough, or mobile enough to trek on down to the dispensary to get their medicine. Unless the state of New Jersey is gonna run a marijuana delivery service (which would be pretty sweet)I would imagine quite a few patients are just not gonna be able to get the medicine they need. So why not allow sick, home-bound people to grow their own medicine. Are politicians that scared that everyone is going to turn into a pothead? Could be, but i doubt it. More people smoke pot than they realize. I have a feeling it all comes down to money. If they have dispensaries and that is the only place that you can get your medicine, they can charge whatever they want. If you allow a provision in the bill so patients can grow their own, the state won't get as much revenue. They will still get a good amount. People that are sick may not be able to, for one reason or another,grow their own. They will have to rely on the state for their medicine. While I am glad that New Jersey lawmakers have, somewhat, come to their senses, I think that every other state needs to at least follow the leads of these 14 states. If not de-criminalize pot altogether.