The commission said New Jersey is short by 100,000 pounds of weed to adequately supply both medical and recreational marijuana consumers, and called a special meeting for April 11 to review them again.
“These delays are totally unacceptable,” said Scutari, who sponsored both the medical and recreational cannabis laws. “We need to get the legal marijuana market up and running in New Jersey. This has become a failure to follow through on the public mandate and to meet the expectations for new businesses and consumers.”
Scutari, the Legislature’s top Democrat, said he will form a special oversight committee that could also include members of the state Assembly, and plans oversight hearings on the delays, and what can be done to meet the demands and reduce the costs of medical marijuana.
“We’re a year and half into this since the November 2020 constitutional amendment to open the adult weed market in New Jersey,” Scutari said in a separate phone call to NJ Advance Media. “Self-imposed deadlines have passed.”
“The public wants to know the status of the program. This is part of the Legislature’s duty to provide oversight,” added Scutari. “This will be a fact and information gathering process.”