Council Says No to Legal Weed in Piscataway, For Now
At the 2020 general election, New Jersey voters approved a public question to amend the state constitution legalizing cannabis which Governor Phil Murphy signed into law February 22.
The law gave all townships six months to decide to allow or ban marijuana on the local level. Section 31B of the act stipulated that if they did not pass the ordinance by August 22, 2021, then for the next five years, anyone could cultivate, manufacture, sell or distribute marijuana anywhere in the township without risking arrest and prosecution.