New Jersey may be the next state to legalize recreational marijuana, but not if state Sen. Gerald Cardinale can help it.
"Legalization promotes additional use," Republican State Sen. Gerald Cardinale told Cheddar Tuesday.
"There is a certain stigma today with respect to marijuana usage that keeps some people from using it. Once you remove that stigma, everyone has a pretty good idea that you know, 'Hey, the government says it's okay. I don't feel bad about using it. Why not? Joe uses it and Millie uses it over there. Why not?'"
"And so you get an increased number of people who are stoned driving. I for one think we have enough traffic accidents already in New Jersey. So I think we should just for that reason alone take a real hard look before we act," added the state senator, who represents the 39th District, which includes parts of Bergen and Passaic Counties.