Permitted Workplace Rules
Under the new law an employer may still:
- Maintain “a drug- and alcohol-free workplace;”
- Prohibit “the possession, transfer, display, transportation, sale and growth” of cannabis “in the workplace;” and
- Promulgate a policy that employees shall not use cannabis or be intoxicated “during work hours.”
Cannabis Detection
City government is on the clock to decide whether the newly legalized cannabis trade in New Jersey will be able do business here and, if so, under what conditions over the next five years.
The issue already is on its way to the Planning Board, due to its expertise in land use law, to hash out the issues and recommend to the City Commission how to handle it.
Less than a month after New Jersey legalized weed, the state is already considering a host of changes pressed for by different interests in the Garden State's quickly expanding marijuana universe.
The changes include scrapping a provision barring police officers from contacting parents of minors caught with marijuana on a first offense. Police officers, joined by parents and elected officials, have argued it unfairly binds the hands of law enforcement and leaves parents in the dark.
Sources say the reason for the hold-up is because the governor’s office is grappling with a lawsuit threat from the NAACP, which claims Murphy violated the law that created the commission by failing to appoint one commissioner who is a member of a national social justice or civil rights group. Murphy faces additional criticism that no one on the commission is a Black man, given that the governor has framed legalization as a racial justice issue and Black men have historically been disproportionately arrested and charged for marijuana-related offenses.
Republican Minority Leader Jon Bramnick congratulated Democrats for recognizing they “made a mistake” with the original bill.
“In my history in politics this was the dumbest law I’ve ever seen by far,” he said in an interview after the hearing. “Under what circumstance would you want an underage person — let’s say 14 — drinking beer and smoking marijuana, why should the parents not be informed?”
Parents must be notified if their minor child unlawfully possesses or buys marijuana under a bill lawmakers advanced Wednesday, not even a month since Gov. Phil Murphy signed cannabis legislation that explicitly prohibited parental notification.
The measure appears to be on a fast track, coming after concerns that the law left parents in the dark. Spokespeople for Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Senate President Steve Sweeney said they support the measure, and Murphy, a fellow Democrat, said earlier this month that he supported the idea of parental notification.
Bay Head, New Jersey Police Chief Billy Hoffman shares his concerns on new law which will prohibit officers from notifying parents of children involved in drug possession.
A sub-committee that was formed to explore how the legalization of recreational marijuana will impact Cinnaminson is will meet next month, Deputy Mayor Stephanie Kravil said during Monday night's Township Committee meeting.
Kravil, Committeeman Ernest McGill, Township Administrator Eric Schubiger and Police Chief Richard Calabrese were members of a sub-committee that was formed in 2018 when it appeared that the state would be legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
Last month, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills making it official: marijuana will soon be growing legally in the gardens of the Garden State for anyone over 21 to enjoy. The bills follow through on a marijuana legalization ballot initiative that New Jerseyans approved overwhelmingly last year. New Jersey is now one of a dozen states, plus the District of Columbia, which have let loose the magic dragon — and more states, like Virginia, may be on the way.
On March 10, 2021, less than three weeks after New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana and establishing employee protections for off duty marijuana use, a State lawmaker has introduced a bill (NJ S 3525) to amend the employment related provisions of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (“NJCREAMMA”) to address concerns that employers will not be able to control marijuana use, or the effects of marijuana use, in the workplace for safety sensitive positions.