In this issue:
1. EDISON WILLS, PROBATE & ELDER LAW SEMINAR
2. New Jersey Drug Law Definitions
3. New articles this week on website: civil, Criminal, Elder, litigation articles added to website www.njlaws.com
-Answer to a Civil Complaint in the Superior Court Law Division Civil (Suits over $15,000) http://www.njlaws.com/answer_to_a_civil_complaint_in_the_superior_court.htm
-Penalties for Possession of Schedule I Narcotic Indictable Drugs
http://www.njlaws.com/possession_use_or_being_under_the_influence.htm
4. Metuchen Fair Oct. 2
5. Runners needed for racing team- Carnegie Center 5K for The Parkinson Alliance October 2
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1. EDISON WILLS, PROBATE & ELDER LAW
Changes in tax laws can affect probate
WHERE: Edison High School
WHEN: Monday, October 4, 2004 7 - 8:30 P.M.
SPEAKER: Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. (Author- Answers to Questions About Probate)
Main Topics:
1. Wills 8. Federal Estate Tax/Capital Gains
2. Revocable Trusts 9. Home Equity Loans/Reverse Mortgage
Irrevocable Trusts 10. Administering the Estate/ Probate/Surrogate
3. Power of Attorney 11. How to Hire an Elder Law Estate Planning
4. Living Will Attorney
5. Letters of Instruction 12. Question and Answer
6. Estate Planning
7. Federal HIPAA Regulations on release of medical info
COMPLIMENTARY MATERIAL: Brochures and Hand-outs on Wills, "Answers to Questions about Probate" and Administration of an Estate, Power of Attorney, Living Wills, Real Estate Sales for Seniors, and Trusts.
Here is your opportunity to listen to an experienced attorney who will answer questions how to distribute your property as you wish and avoid many rigid provisions of state law. For more information on Elder law, visit the Website www.njlaws.com. You can also subscribe to the free email Elder Law newsletter by visiting the website.
EDISON COMMUNITY ADULT SCHOOL.
EDISON HIGH SCHOOL, 50 Blvd. of Eagles, Edison, NJ
732-452-4574 John Russell, Director
Free for Edison Seniors who pre register
$25 registration fee required for all others. To register, go to Edison Board of Education Office now at 312 Pierson Ave., Edison, NJ 08837 fax 732-452-4576
About the Speaker: Kenneth Vercammen is an Elder Law and Litigation Attorney in Metuchen and Cranbury, NJ. He often lectures for the American Bar Association and New Jersey State Bar Association on Elder Law, personal injury, and criminal / municipal court matters. He has published 125 articles in national and New Jersey publications on legal topics. He speaks as a volunteer on Wills and Elder law to Adult Community Schools and non profit groups including Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge, South Brunswick, Sayreville, Old Bridge, North Brunswick, Spotswood and Perth Amboy Seniors. He has established New Jersey's most popular Elder law website on the Internet to provide free information on Probate, Elder Law and Traffic matters located at www.njlaws.com
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2. New Jersey Drug Law Definitions
There are a number of viable defenses and arguments which can be pursued to achieve a successful result for someone charged with Possession of Drugs.
Our office helps people facing legal problems. We provide representation throughout New Jersey. Criminal charges can cost you. If convicted, you can face prison, fines over $10,000, jail, Probation over 18 months and other penalties. Don't give up! Our Law Office can provide experienced attorney representation for criminal violations. Our website www.njlaws.com provides information on criminal offenses we can be retained to represent people.
The following are the current New Jersey Drug Law Definitions.
2C:35-2. Definitions.
"Administer" means the direct application of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: (1) a practitioner (or, in his presence, by his lawfully authorized agent), or (2) the patient or research subject at the lawful direction and in the presence of the practitioner.
"Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser but does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee thereof.
"Controlled dangerous substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V, any substance the distribution of which is specifically prohibited in N.J.S. 2C:35-3, in section 3 of P.L. 1997, c.194 (C. 2C:35-5.2) or in section 5 of P.L. 1997,c. 194 (C. 2C:35-5.3) and any drug or substance which, when ingested, is metabolized or otherwise becomes a controlled dangerous substance in the human body. When any statute refers to controlled dangerous substances, or to a specific controlled dangerous substance, it shall also be deemed to refer to any drug or substance which, when ingested, is metabolized or otherwise becomes a controlled dangerous substance or the specific controlled dangerous substance, and to any substance that is an immediate precursor of a controlled dangerous substance or the specific controlled dangerous substance. The term shall not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, as those terms are defined or used in R.S. 33:1-1 et seq., or tobacco and tobacco products. The term, wherever it appears in any law or administrative regulation of this State, shall include controlled substance analogs.
"Controlled substance analog" means a substance that has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled dangerous substance and that was specifically designed to produce an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled dangerous substance. The term shall not include a substance manufactured or distributed in conformance with the provisions of an approved new drug application or an exemption for investigational use within the meaning of section 505 of the "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1052 (21 U.S.C. s. 355).
"Counterfeit substance" means a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, distributed or dispensed such substance and which thereby falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been distributed by, such other manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser.
"Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog, whether or not there is an agency relationship.
"Dispense" means to deliver a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery. "Dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses.
"Distribute" means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog. "Distributor" means a person who distributes.
"Drugs" means (a) substances recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and (b) substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and (c) substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals; and (d) substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section; but does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories.
"Drug or alcohol dependent person" means a person who as a result of using a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog or alcohol has been in a state of psychic or physical dependence, or both, arising from the use of that controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog or alcohol on a continuous or repetitive basis. Drug or alcohol dependence is characterized by behavioral and other responses, including but not limited to a strong compulsion to take the substance on a recurring basis in order to experience its psychic effects, or to avoid the discomfort of its absence.
"Hashish" means the resin extracted from any part of the plant Genus Cannabis L. and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such resin.
"Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog, either directly or by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container, except that this term does not include the preparation or compounding of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog by an individual for his own use or the preparation, compounding, packaging, or labeling of a controlled dangerous substance: (1) by a practitioner as an incident to his administering or dispensing of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog in the course of his professional practice, or (2) by a practitioner (or under his supervision) for the purpose of, or as an incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale.
"Marijuana" means all parts of the plant Genus Cannabis L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant or its seeds, except those containing resin extracted from such plant; but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks, fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination.
"Narcotic drug" means any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
(a) Opium, coca leaves, and opiates;
(b) A compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of opium, coca leaves, or opiates;
(c) A substance (and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation thereof) which is chemically identical with any of the substances referred to in subsections (a) and (b), except that the words "narcotic drug" as used in this act shall not include decocainized coca leaves or extracts of coca leaves, which extracts do not contain cocaine or ecogine.
"Opiate" means any dangerous substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. It does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L. 1970, c.226 (C.24:21-3), the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methylmorphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan). It does include its racemic and levorotatory forms.
"Opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except the seeds thereof.
"Person" means any corporation, association, partnership, trust, other institution or entity or one or more individuals.
"Plant" means an organism having leaves and a readily observable root formation, including, but not limited to, a cutting having roots, a rootball or root hairs.
"Poppy straw" means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing.
"Practitioner" means a physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, laboratory, pharmacy, hospital or other person licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog in the course of professional practice or research in this State.
(a) "Physician" means a physician authorized by law to practice medicine in this or any other state and any other person authorized by law to treat sick and injured human beings in this or any other state.
(b) "Veterinarian" means a veterinarian authorized by law to practice veterinary medicine in this State.
(c) "Dentist" means a dentist authorized by law to practice dentistry in this State.
(d) "Hospital" means any federal institution, or any institution for the care and treatment of the sick and injured, operated or approved by the appropriate State department as proper to be entrusted with the custody and professional use of controlled dangerous substances or controlled substance analogs.
(e) "Laboratory" means a laboratory to be entrusted with the custody of narcotic drugs and the use of controlled dangerous substances or controlled substance analogs for scientific, experimental and medical purposes and for purposes of instruction approved by the State Department of Health and Senior Services.
"Production" includes the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog.
"Immediate precursor" means a substance which the State Department of Health and Senior Services has found to be and by regulation designates as being the principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use, and which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog, the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail, or limit such manufacture.
"Residential treatment facility" means any facility licensed and approved by the Department of Health and Senior Services and which is approved by any county probation department for the inpatient treatment and rehabilitation of drug or alcohol dependent persons.
"Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V" are the schedules set forth in sections 5 through 8 of P.L. 1970, c.226 (C.24:21-5 through 24:21-8) and in section 4 of P.L. 1971, c.3 (C.24:21-8.1) and as modified by any regulations issued by the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services pursuant to his authority as provided in section 3 of P.L. 1970, c.226 (C.24:21-3).
"State" means the State of New Jersey.
"Ultimate user" means a person who lawfully possesses a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog for his own use or for the use of a member of his household or for administration to an animal owned by him or by a member of his household.
"Prescription legend drug" means any drug which under federal or State law requires dispensing by prescription or order of a licensed physician, veterinarian or dentist and is required to bear the statement "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" and is not a controlled dangerous substance or stramonium preparation.
"Stramonium preparation" means a substance prepared from any part of the stramonium plant in the form of a powder, pipe mixture, cigarette, or any other form with or without other ingredients.
"Stramonium plant" means the plant Datura Stramonium Linne, including Datura Tatula Linne.
CONCLUSION
If charged with any criminal offense, immediately schedule an appointment with a criminal trial attorney. Don't rely on a real estate attorney, public defender or a family member who simply attended law school. When your life and job is on the line, hire the best attorney available.
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3. New articles this week on website: civil, Criminal, Elder, litigation articles added to website www.njlaws.com
Answer to a Civil Complaint in the Superior Court Law Division Civil (Suits over $15,000) http://www.njlaws.com/answer_to_a_civil_complaint_in_the_superior_court.htm
Penalties for Possession of Schedule I Narcotic Indictable Drugs
http://www.njlaws.com/possession_use_or_being_under_the_influence.htm
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4. Metuchen Fair Oct. 2
The Annual Metuchen Fair is Saturday, October 2. Non- profit, religious, and charity groups have foods, snacks and other goods. Help support community groups.
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5. Runners needed for racing team- Carnegie Center 5K for The Parkinson Alliance October 2 Ken Vercammen is putting another championship team together. The Race Director is Jerry Fennelly, who organized the Trenton Waterfront [with post race party] Group teams comprised of at least 4 participants welcome. I can put a maximum of 12 on the team. If you are running, send Ken Vercammen an email at Kenv@njlaws.com
RACE HOTLINE :
609.631.9211 or fennelly@fennelly.com
x Food and refreshments x Water stops
x Awards to 5K age-category and group
x Relatively flat course
x USATF Certified Course, USATF-NJ Grand Prix Event (500 points) x Baldasari and Leestma timers
Saturday (rain or shine)
Fun Run: 7:30-8:45 AM Registration
9:00 AM Start
5K:7:30-9:15 AM Registration
9:30 AM Start
101 Carnegie Center Parking Lot
West Windsor, NJ
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Thank you for reading our newsletter! God Bless America USA #1
Kenneth Vercammen, Esq.
2053 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08817
NEW PHONE 732-572-0500
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