Don't hold your breath for movement on legislation to legalize marijuana before Saturday's state budget deadline.
Legislators and industry insiders say it's going to be kicked down the road until after New Jersey gets a budget.
Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, who proposed his recreational/medicinal marijuana mashup just three weeks ago, told NJ Advance Media there'll be no push to get legislation done this week but he believes it could be hashed out over the next month.
Scutari also announced this and other points about legalization and expansion plans to industry operators, lobbyists and social justice advocates at a meeting on Friday in Trenton, according to a half-dozen people who attended the meeting.
Scutari said he wants both the medical and recreational legislation to move together, even though they're separate bills, because they're "the same product."