The Record, 18 Apr 2012 – THE PATH toward start-up of New Jersey’s medical marijuana law has been a slow and painful march, beset by one roadblock after another. Already one of the most stringent laws in the nation, the Garden State version has been further hindered by Governor Christie, who was never excited about its prospects in the first place. Bureaucratic foot-dragging has dogged the process from Day One, as have repeated skirmishes with legislators about how the law should be implemented. Extensive paperwork has been thrown in at every turn.

The Record, 11 Feb 2012 – Jeffrey Pollack is a physician who practices in Atlantic County. MARY E. O’Dowd, commissioner of the state Department of Health and Senior Services, attempted to defend the state’s actions, or lack thereof, in "Medicinal pot program must be done right" (Other Views, Jan. 25).

The Record, 11 Feb 2012 – Jeffrey Pollack is a physician who practices in Atlantic County. MARY E. O’Dowd, commissioner of the state Department of Health and Senior Services, attempted to defend the state’s actions, or lack thereof, in "Medicinal pot program must be done right" (Other Views, Jan. 25).

Daily Targum, 08 Feb 2012 – Former Gov. John S. Corzine signed the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act in January 2010, effectively making the state the 14th in the country to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Yet in the two years that followed, little progress was made regarding efforts to open up dispensaries or growing facilities within the state. Since the law’s signing, state-approved centers beginning operations have faced a sluggish response from both the state’s health department and a certain unwillingness to accommodate their facilities from N.J. townships. Only two out of the six centers have found homes thus far, including Greenleaf Compassion Center in Montclair, and more recently, Compassionate Care Foundation in Egg Harbor Township.

Daily Targum, 08 Feb 2012 – Former Gov. John S. Corzine signed the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act in January 2010, effectively making the state the 14th in the country to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Yet in the two years that followed, little progress was made regarding efforts to open up dispensaries or growing facilities within the state. Since the law’s signing, state-approved centers beginning operations have faced a sluggish response from both the state’s health department and a certain unwillingness to accommodate their facilities from N.J. townships. Only two out of the six centers have found homes thus far, including Greenleaf Compassion Center in Montclair, and more recently, Compassionate Care Foundation in Egg Harbor Township.

The Press of Atlantic City, 08 Feb 2012 – Medicinal marijuana may be coming to Egg Harbor Township later this year, as a nonprofit group is planning to open one of the first treatment facilities in the state more than two years after the treatment was signed into law. The proposed site would be in an 85,000-square-foot leased building in the Offshore Commercial Park, off Delilah Road, about a quarter-mile west of the Garden State Parkway.

The Press of Atlantic City, 08 Feb 2012 – Medicinal marijuana may be coming to Egg Harbor Township later this year, as a nonprofit group is planning to open one of the first treatment facilities in the state more than two years after the treatment was signed into law. The proposed site would be in an 85,000-square-foot leased building in the Offshore Commercial Park, off Delilah Road, about a quarter-mile west of the Garden State Parkway.

The Press of Atlantic City, 12 Oct 2010 – No one expected New Jersey’s medical-marijuana law to be the kind of loose, wink-and-a-nod dispensary system that exists in California. Fact is, that’s precisely what supporters of the measure said would not happen. And that’s what makes the angry outcry over the new, restrictive rules announced last week by the Christie administration seem a bit overwrought. Are they strict? Yes. Are they so strict as to make medical marijuana unavailable to people who need it? We don’t think so – but those critics have a 60-day public hearing process to make their case. And the Christie administration should be open to tweaking the regulations if that case is made.

Courier-Post, 10 Oct 2010 – TRENTON — It’s time we leave medical decisions up to medical personnel, since there is nothing in their makeup that equips bureaucrats to understand the needs of people in distress. New Jersey released proposed regulations for medical marijuana use and the emphasis is not on helping the chronically and terminally ill. Certainly, we don’t want a law meant to help the needy used as a way to get pot for fun, but adjustments have to be made.

Wall Street Journal, 11 Oct 2010 – NEWARK, N.J.-Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy won reappointment by the narrowest of margins last week. But the struggle to keep his job might pale when compared to the battles he faces at the start of his second term. Murders are on the rise; the department faces civil-rights scrutiny; the superior officers union said it doesn’t believe in him; and budget cuts are looming.