If any marijuana law needs a tear-down, it’s this one | Editorial
Even though cannabis is legal, home cultivation is a serious offense in New Jersey. Just one plant can get an offender a three- to five-year sentence. Growing 10 or more plants is a first-degree crime that can put someone away for 10 to 20 years, with one-third of that sentence mandatory.
That is preposterous. It’s botany. It’s weed husbandry. And it is legal in 18 other states, for either medical or recreational purpose or both.