NJ: Potential Medical Marijuana Patients Would Suffer From Delay

'Republican Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey,  noted recently for his direct approach to local issues, has shown a more lawyerly side when dealing with the state’s new medical marijuana law.

The Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was signed in January 2010 after a hard-won, 5-year effort in the NJ legislature. Patients around the state were expecting to get registration cards and acquire legal medical cannabis by the fall.'