Christie says he would approve medical marijuana for kids with psychiatrists’ approval

Two-year-old Vivian Wilson in her Scotch Plains home. Vivian suffers from a severe seizure disorder and is a registered medical marijuana patient..  / John O'Boyle:The Star-Ledger
Two-year-old Vivian Wilson in her Scotch Plains home. Vivian suffers from a severe seizure disorder and is a registered medical marijuana patient.. / John O’Boyle:The Star-Ledger

By Breeanna Edwards | POLITICO

Brian Wilson, the New Jersey father who confronted Gov. Chris Christie about the state’s medical marijuana bill, wasn’t impressed by Christie’s conditional veto on Friday, calling it a “small victory,” but still “ludicrous.”

“Everyone expected a conditional veto but this is kind of even lower than the worst case conditional veto that we thought. So while it is a small victory, he kind of put himself all over it and really just maintains the idea of making one of the worst medical marijuana programs in the country and one of the most unsafe medical marijuana programs in the country,” Wilson told CNN’S Jake Tapper that same afternoon, saying that Christie was getting in the way of parents and doctors and hampering decision making. “So it’s a small victory but it’s kind of ludicrous in a lot of ways.”

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If you’d like to discuss medical marijuana, contact Ryan Hurley, director of the Rose Law Group Medical Marijuana Dept. rhurley@roselawgroup.com

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