Medical Marijuana
Show #1004

Should marijuana use be legal – if your doctor says it can help you … and your aim is not to get high? Medical marijuana, now allowed in 11 states, is the issue on this edition of Due Process. Although attempts to decriminalize use by the chronically ill go back decades in New Jersey, it’s been years since advocates tried for a vote in the Legislature. But this term, they say, they think they have a chance – and a bill is pending in the Senate. In Sandy King’s mini-doc, we meet patients and caregivers whose use of marijuana for relief of their symptoms has placed them at jeopardy for arrest and prosecution, while, in the studio, Raymond leads a spirited debate, featuring bill sponsor Sen. Nicholas Scutari; anti-marijuana activist David Evans and Seton Hall Law Professor John Jacobi.
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