Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.
This bill requires New Jersey public schools to add specific content about cannabis and marijuana risks to health and physical education curricula for grades 3-12. It mandates age-appropriate instruction covering how cannabis affects adolescent brain development, THC's effects, addiction risks, driving impairment, differences between medicinal and recreational use, and factors influencing usage decisions. The Department of Education must develop this content in consultation with the Division of Addiction Services. The policy directly affects all K-12 students and school health educators across the state. The bill would take effect 60 days after enactment.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Antwan McClellan
RRepublican
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Erik Simonsen
RRepublican
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Aura Dunn
RRepublican
Co
Bob Auth
RRepublican
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