Each of New Jersey's Democratic House members voted in favor of a proposed federal law that would decriminalize marijuana on Friday. The state's two Republican congress members voted no on the bill.
If it passes the U.S. Senate and gets a presidential signature, H.R.3617 would remove cannabis from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act, and eliminate criminal penalties for a person who manufactures, distributes or possesses marijuana. It would also expunge the records of people convicted of federal cannabis offenses, and require resentencing for thousands of federal prisoners.