They came. They saw. They waited. And waited some more.
New Jersey marijuana legalization was the talk of the Statehouse on Monday, with an estimated 100 speakers arriving with the hopes of convincing their legislators about legal weed – one way or the other.
Instead, it was just a game of “hurry up and wait” – over six hours of palm-wringing and thumb-twiddling before the topic was even considered for discussion.
But it didn’t stop a pair of legislative committees from holding key votes on marijuana legalization, setting up a floor vote as soon as next week that could make New Jersey the 11th state to legalize weed before the end of the month.