Senator Declan O’Scanlon and Senator Anthony M. Bucco are taking the lead to fix some of the most obvious problems with the new cannabis law passed by the Trenton Democrats.
The Senate Republican colleagues will introduce legislation that would restore liability protections for police during a marijuana-related interaction with underage youths and another to repeal a new law prohibiting law enforcement from notifying parents if their child is caught possessing alcohol or marijuana.
“The new marijuana law that was recently passed is one of the most unworkable and counter-productive pieces of legislation that I have ever seen,” said O’Scanlon (R-13). “It is unworkable in its current form, a threat to the public safety, and exposes law enforcement to frivolous criminal liability.”
The new law makes it much easier for a law enforcement officer to be charged with depravation of civil rights for inconsequential errors when dealing with an individual under the now-legal age of 21.
“The police are going to be punished for doing their jobs. This is an attack on law enforcement that places the police in a position if they make even the slightest mistake when dealing with under-age possession charges that they are a third degree felon,” O’Scanlon continued.
O’Scanlon and Bucco are seeking to overturn the anti-police component of New Jersey’s marijuana legalization, and to repeal an aspect that robs parents of some of their influence.