Weed Legalization Archives - New Jersey Globe

Booker lauds Biden’s steps to decriminalize marijuana

October 7, 2022 1:08 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has long been a proponent of decriminalizing and legalizing marijuana, saying when he was mayor of Newark in 2012 that he didn’t see why the criminal justice system was focused on punishing young people caught for...

Rooney bill would require weed – and only weed – to be stored securely

August 25, 2022 1:18 pmAugust 25, 2022 3:50 pm

Following reports of children accidentally consuming cannabis edibles and requiring medical intervention, Assemblyman Kevin Rooney (R-Wyckoff) is pushing for the legislature to take up his bill requiring marijuana products to be stored in locked containers. “If adults choose to purchase...

South Jersey legislators have questions for Platkin on cops and cannabis

April 26, 2022 11:30 amApril 26, 2022 12:53 pm

A group of eight South Jersey lawmakers are pressing acting Attorney General Matt Platkin for clarification of his recent memo that says police officers should not face any disciplinary action for off-duty cannabis use. “While some of us were proponents...

Stockton finds 56% of New Jerseyans O.K. with dispensaries in their towns

April 21, 2022 11:22 amApril 21, 2022 11:33 am

With sales of recreational marijuana beginning today, a Stockton University poll finds that 56% of New Jerseyans would support recreational marijuana dispensaries setting up shop in their towns; 36% of respondents said they were opposed, and 8% were unsure. A...

Fulop, Davis say their off-duty police officers can’t use weed

April 20, 2022 4:35 pm

Amid a growing debate about off-duty marijuana use among New Jersey police officers, two Hudson County mayors, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis, have said cops in their departments can’t partake in legal marijuana. Sales of...

Murphy expresses ‘relief’ over beginning of legal weed sales

April 18, 2022 4:05 pmApril 29, 2022 12:37 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy, a proponent of legal marijuana since his first election in 2017, said today that he was excited for the state to begin legal recreational marijuana sales this Thursday after the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission voted to approve...

Cannabis commission greenlights seven weed retailers for recreational sales

April 12, 2022 11:42 am

After a number of delays, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) voted yesterday to allow seven medical marijuana retailers to sell recreational weed, bringing the state one step closer to fulfilling a longtime Democratic campaign promise. “Expansion into the...