NJ marijuana will stay illegal after Jan. 1 if lawmakers can't agree on legal weed rules
If legislators don't pass bills regulating marijuana legalization, the drug will remain illegal — even if the Jan. 1 effective date of the legal weed ballot question passes, according to one constitutional law expert.
More than two-thirds of New Jersey voters cast ballots to amend the state constitution to legalize marijuana, the most impactful — but not final — step toward the state legalizing the drug for recreational purposes.