New Jersey: Governor's Office Asks for Extension to Implement Medical Marijuana Law

By The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk

TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie is requesting more time to implement the medical marijuana law passed by the legislature in January, and scheduled to take effect in July, according to a report on NJSpotlight.com.

The governor's staff is requesting a six to 12-month delay, the report said, in order to sort out logistics of implementing the law. Changing the timetable would require passage of another bill by the legislature, the report said.

In March, The Star-Ledger reported that both Christie and acting Health and Senior Services Commissioner Poonam Alaigh asked to extend the timetable.

According to Alaigh, the department was having some issues.

"We are rigorously trying to meet the time frame, but the first priority is to create a structure" that will be the "most restrictive, in the way the law was meant to be," Alaigh said in March.


Source: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/governors_office_asks_for_exte....