New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation granting chronically ill patients legal access to marijuana yesterday, one of dozens of bills he inked on his last full day in office.
The bill makes New Jersey the 14th state to allow patients with diseases such as cancer, AIDS, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis to use marijuana to alleviate their pain, nausea and other symptoms.
“New Jersey will soon no longer make criminals out of our very sick and terminally ill,” said Assembly co-sponsor Reed Gusciora.
Corzine also signed bills requiring restaurant chains to list calorie counts of selections sold on their menus; increasing transit funding for senior citizens and the disabled; requiring the public reporting of infection rates at surgical centers; and extending until March 16 the date his successor must deliver his 2011 budget address.
Gov.-elect Chris Christie will be sworn in at noon today