VIDEO: Now that NJ has legal weed, what's next? Our journalists discuss the new law
Mike Davis and Jessie Gomez discuss the new marijuana laws in NJ with Municipal Prosecutor J.H. Barr and Executive Director of the ACLU-NJ Amol Sinha.
Mike Davis and Jessie Gomez discuss the new marijuana laws in NJ with Municipal Prosecutor J.H. Barr and Executive Director of the ACLU-NJ Amol Sinha.
On Monday, with just minutes to spare before a constitutional deadline, Gov. Phil Murphy signed three bills making good on a campaign promise and an overwhelming vote of approval by residents last November to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use in New Jersey.
Jo Anne Zito, a veteran of New Jersey’s cannabis crusade, testified on behalf of the legalization effort to the New Jersey senate. She is concerned that residents may be confused as to the legal status of cannabis, post-referendum and still pre-legalization, since a situation exists that simple misunderstandings can lead to a stint in jail and a criminal record. Zito has also championed “home grow” and advocated that state lawmakers need to allow residents to grow their own plants in their own homes for their own use.
Murphy was expected to sign the legislation, which could have led to a marijuana marketplace in about six months for people 21 and older, but he has so far declined to sign the bill, even though he had signaled his support for it.
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New Jersey lawmakers will consider a plan Monday to implement new marijuana laws.
Garden State voters approved the legal use of recreation marijuana in the November election.
It looks like lawmakers could be inching closer to finalizing the legal framework for recreational marijuana with yet another compromise now on the table: to remove a last-minute addition that would lower penalties for so-called magic mushrooms.
New Jersey residents voted to legalize adult-use recreational marijuana earlier this month. But until state legislators work out the details of the Garden State’s new industry, possession of marijuana remains illegal.
Nearly three weeks after Ballot Question No. 1 was passed, there are still dozens of people who have been arrested for possessing cannabis – victims of laws that are still on the books while lawmakers debate the new rules.
Since New Jersey voted to legalize recreational marijuana earlier this month, lawmakers and vendors alike have been working around the clock to create a new marketplace. For some medical dispensaries, expansion is on the docket not just for New Jersey – but across the country.
After years of advocacy, the bill to decriminalize marijuana possession in New Jersey has stalled, yet again. Assembly members canceled a scheduled vote on Monday that would prevent arrests and other criminal charges for those found with the drug. The vote was planned as the legal framework is being hammered out for legalized recreational adult use of marijuana in the state.
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