Marijuana may be legal in New Jersey, but its stigma remains.
To many – far more than simple logic would suggest – pot smoking is the province of degenerates and all-around lowlifes.
This truth runs counter to polls that say about half of all Americans have used the drug at least once, not to mention some hard facts – namely that voters strongly supported legalizing recreational marijuana in 2020.
But apparently, polls are polls and elections are elections.
This month in Morris County alone, we saw governing bodies in Madison and here in Boonton deny applications for pot, or to be official, cannabis dispensaries.
The Madison proposal was merely for medicinal marijuana; the Boonton plan would have been for recreational use.
The drama in Boonton unfolded at a meeting on Monday night that extended into Tuesday morning The comments made by those opposed mirrored what one heard a week or so ago in Madison, and were probably similar to those being made around the state by like-minded souls.