It looked like the typical open enrollment session at Trenton City Hall one day last month, with a line of tables covered in pamphlets, pens, and tchotchkes promoting the latest in dental, prescription drug, and other health insurance offerings for the upcoming year. But it was actually a historic moment in health care.
A dozen years after New Jersey allowed the sale of medical marijuana for registered patients coping with pain, muscle spasms, nausea, anxiety, and other conditions, medicinal cannabis products will be among the benefits available to government employees in some communities for the first time next year.
Employees of the city of Trenton and the Orange and Teaneck boards of education will have the opportunity to sign up for discounts on cannabis at participating dispensaries, as well as telehealth appointments through a benefit add-on known as Bennabis Health.
A company that has brokered discounts between dispensaries and medical marijuana patients since 2020, Bennabis Health also is in negotiations with other local government entities to join, said John Agos, Bennabis Health's CEO.
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