VIDEO: Lawmakers must smarten up on cannabis: A Q&A with Sen. Vin Gopal
But as the state’s recreational industry revs up, neither Senate President Sweeney nor Sen. Nick Scutari – the legislative doyen of legal marijuana – has thrown his support behind Gopal’s bill. To get some answers why the bill has stalled, Dave D’Alessandro of the Star-Ledger Editorial Board spoke with Gopal, and what follows is an edited version of that discussion:
Q. State the case for allowing home grown marijuana, particularly for medical patients.