With little worry about marijuana ballot question passing, top lawmakers busy crafting N.J. law
Top elected officials and cannabis industry leaders say they are so confident that voters will approve a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana in New Jersey, they’ve devoted their energy in the last week toward readying the legislation that will spell out how the legal market will operate.
Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, the prime sponsor, said he’s aiming toward introducing the bill on Thursday, with the possibility of a public hearing on Monday. He said the bill is largely the same as the one he introduced in 2019 but did not garner enough votes to pass in the Senate.