Bimonthly News Update

MUST READ: PDFNJ Receives Award for Excellence from the NJ Business Magazine

New Jersey Business Magazine presented Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey  with a 2024 Award for Excellence for improving the quality of life in New Jersey for their collaborative work on the Knock Out Opioid Abuse awareness campaign.

• NJ Just Got Sued over Controversial New Law Cracking Down on Delta 8 and other Hemp Products

A new law aimed at getting intoxicating hemp products off the shelves of gas stations and other places in New Jersey has been challenged in court by a coalition of hemp and beverage companies who contend it violates federal law.

• Three Jersey City ‘Cannabis Cops’ Are Reinstated, but Not Allowed to Carry Their Guns

Three Jersey City police officer whose termination over off-duty cannabis use had been overturned by the courts are finally back on the job, but the city will not allow them to carry their service weapons.

• Report: US Health Authorities Need to Play a Larger Role in Cannabis Policy

With more Americans using ever-stronger marijuana, a federal advisory panel is calling for a public health approach with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention taking a larger role in cannabis policy than ever before.

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