Speaker Coughlin Statement on Passage of Medicinal Cannabis Bill

(TRENTON) – Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) issued the following statement on the passage of legislation in the Assembly to expand access and supply of medicinal cannabis:

“For many suffering from critical and chronic illnesses, increasing access to medicinal cannabis will mean the difference between being able to participate in life or having to suffer every day with intense pain and debilitating symptoms.

“I thank the members of the General Assembly for moving ahead with the Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act. Families, veterans and ailing individuals deserve access to medicine with benefits. With the passage of this legislation, New Jersey continues to lead as an example for other states.”