The state Senate today voted to reject Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed rules for the state stalled medical marijuana program that Democratic lawmakers and patient advocates have described as “unworkable.”

The Senate voted 22-16 to oppose the rules, in defiance of an agreement Christie reached Dec. 3 with the Assembly sponsor of the law that softened some of the governor’s positions on how many growers and sellers should be licensed, and what doctors must do before they recommend patients use the drug to alleviate their suffering.

Christie also agreed to comply with the law requiring that only doctors treating patients with seizure disorders, intractable skeletal muscular spasticity or glaucoma need to attest in writing that all conventional methods of treatment had failed before recommending the drug. Christie’s Health Commissioner Poonam Alaigh wanted to apply the same standard to all patients, including people with cancer, Lou Gehrig’s disease and AIDS.

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(Source: NJ.com)