"Most people thought they were voting to legalize marijuana when in fact if you read the amendment and our existing marijuana laws, marijuana will remain illegal and I think the state bamboozled the citizens, hoodwinked them in the voting to give certain people — these 'cannabis cartels' — the opportunity to make billions while still continuing to illegalize the masses of us," Forchion said to New Jersey 101.5.
Forchion owns a restaurant, NJWeedman's Joint, near the Statehouse.
The November ballot question was titled "Constitutional Amendment to Legalize Marijuana" and asked "do you approve amending the Constitution to legalize a controlled form of
marijuana called 'cannabis'?"
"The petition that most people signed, the amendment that we signed and approved of specifically does not legalize marijuana. It legalizes regulated cannabis and marijuana remains illegal. But that's not what people thought they were voting for and this is the question I am presenting to a federal court on the clarification of this," Forchion said.