When
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM) (EDT)
Agenda
12:00 PM
Welcome & Opening Comments
12:10 PM
How a Bill Becomes Law
12:15 PM
Legislative Report
ONLNJ's lobbyist representative reports on the current legislative environment in Trenton and the status of proposed bills that ONLNJ is tracking. Mr. Haughton will highlight the key leaders in the Assembly and the Senate.
12:25 PM
ONLNJ Advocacy Tools
ONLNJ has tools for members to support them in legislative communications and activity. The process for developing position statements, testimony, talking points and graphics, templates for letters and calls to legislative representatives. A review of the current tools available is included.
12:40 PM
Meetings with Legislators
Advocacy Committee members will lead a discussion on the meetings that ONLNJ members have participated in. Future plans will be shared.
12:55 PM
Issue of Patient Safety and Health to the Community
Recent research shows that up to 50 percent of patients with cannabis-related psychotic symptoms who appear in our emergency departments will go on to develop schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression (NIH, 2023). ONLNJ recently adopted this issue for our advocacy efforts.This session will recap the process that the Advocacy Committee developed to create an advocacy campaign to require warning labels on cannabis products to warn consumers of the possible mental health effects of c...
Recent research shows that up to 50 percent of patients with cannabis-related psychotic symptoms who appear in our emergency departments will go on to develop schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression (NIH, 2023). ONLNJ recently adopted this issue for our advocacy efforts.
This session will recap the process that the Advocacy Committee developed to create an advocacy campaign to require warning labels on cannabis products to warn consumers of the possible mental health effects of cannabis use.
view moreThis session will recap the process that the Advocacy Committee developed to create an advocacy campaign to require warning labels on cannabis products to warn consumers of the possible mental health effects of cannabis use.
1:05 PM
Audience Participation
Members of the audience will share their advocacy experience in an open forum discussion.
1:15 PM
Political Action Committees
What is a Political Action Committee (PAC)? How does the ONLNJ PAC align with ONLNJ? These questions and more will be answered during this session.
1:20 PM
1:30 PM