ACLU-NJ celebrates House marijuana decriminalization vote

State advocacy groups celebrated a House vote to decriminalize marijuana Friday.

“The MORE Act provides a floor for state lawmakers to build on, and we in New Jersey must continue to establish new heights for racial and social justice in legalization,” ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Singha said.

The measure would remove marijuana designation as a schedule 1 drug under the controlled substances act and impose a 5% tax on marijuana sales, among other things.

It passed the House in a 228-164 in a vote that largely fell along party lines.

It’s not likely to move in the Senate.