Depending on who you talk to, you'll hear that marijuana can cure everything from a hangnail to a broken state budget.
While some medicinal benefits of marijuana are now becoming widely accepted, the social benefits aren't quite as clear.
Legal weed has given a boost to budgets in states like Colorado, but whether legalization provides tangible support to the communities disproportionately affected by marijuana prohibition remains a heated debate.
Many in New Jersey feel that legalization will hurt the state, with poor communities more heavily impacted.
Below are five of the ways that legal marijuana could improve the lives of people in New Jersey.