New Jersey has expanded its medical marijuana program and—for the first time since the state enacted the law—adopted formal protections for employees and job applicants who use what is now called “medical cannabis.” The amendments took effect on July 2, 2019, when New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) signed Assembly Bill (AB) 20, the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, into law.
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