COMPASSIONATE CARE FOUNDATION February 14, 2011 By Hand Delivery Poonam Alaigh, MD, MSHCPM, FACP Commissioner New Jersey Medicinal Marijuana Program ‘NJ Department of Health and Senior Services PO Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 RE: Application to Establish and Operate Medicinal Marijuana Alternative Treatment Center in New Jersey’s Central Region (RFA#3683_001) Dear Commissioner Alaigh: Attached please find the application of the Compassionate Care Foundation, Inc. (’Compassionate Care”) to establish and operate a medicinal marijuana alternative treatment center in the Central Region in response to New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Request for Applications RFA #3683_001. Compassionate Care, a New Jersey non- profit created to cultivate and dispense pharmaceutical grade cannabis to meet medical needs, was founded by a group of former health department regulators, community leaders, healthcare professionals, researchers and non-profit directors who understand both the therapeutic value of this product and public sensitivities. Compassionate Care is committed to providing New Jersey patients with safe and affordable medicine. ‘Compassionate Care is applying for additional permits to operate a total of three Altemative ‘Treatment Centers — one each in the Northem, Central, and Southern Regions of the state. Our team is highly capable, qualified, and capitalized to establish and operate these three facilities We will maintain the highest standards of quality control and accountability to prevent diversion. We have developed research protocols to enable us to collect and share required data on patient ‘outcomes, utilization, and trends. We have undertaken outreach to local governmert and law enforcement in each of the communities where we propose to locate our facilities to confirm that they are receptive to our endeavor, and selected sites at an acceptable distence from sensitive uses such as schools. We have negotiated workable terms with landlords, disclosing our intent to cultivate and distribute medicinal cannabis, As a result, we are very proud to attach letters of support from throughout the state, including from local communities. Please note that this application contains security-related and proprietary information which is exempt from the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). We hereby request that you protect the confidentiality of any portions of the application for which the information is exempt fromCOMPASSIONATE CARE FOUNDATION OPRA. Relatedly, please retain this cover letter with the application at all times so that this, request is honored without fail. As President and Chief Executive Officer of Compassionate Care, I can and do attest to the accuracy and veracity of all statements, figures, amounts and other information incorporated within the materials submitted. Thank you very much for your efforts to enable patients to ‘obtain medicinal marijuana, and for your careful consideration of our application to assist in those efforts. Sincerely, Compassionate Care Foundation, Inc. William J. Thomas President & CEO@ COMPASSIONATE CARE FOUNDATION VW