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Scutari announces legislative committee to review recreational marijuana delays

March 29, 2022 12:40 pmApril 12, 2022 11:42 am

After a state commission voted last week to delay the start of legal recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey once again, Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) announced today that a special bipartisan legislative committee will convene to look into the...

362,000 marijuana cases expunged from court records

September 16, 2021 2:13 pm

More than 362,000 marijuana cases have been expunged from court records since July 1, the New Jersey Judiciary announced today – a significant increase from the 88,000 cases that had been expunged as of July 12. In January, the New...

ACLU-NJ unveils plan for state cannabis regulation

August 18, 2021 11:50 am

The New Jersey branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-NJ) released a “Baseline Cannabis Plan” today that forms a guide for how they hope the Cannabis Regulatory Commission manages and funds the state’s fledgling marijuana industry. The regulatory commission...

Lagana, Stack back marijuana decriminalization

December 3, 2019 10:00 amDecember 3, 2019 2:19 pm

State Sens. Joe Lagana and Brian Stack will back marijuana decriminalization. According to a New Jersey Globe tally, that brings the number of state senators who opposed legalization but are backing decriminalization up to nine. State Sens. Declan O’Scanlon, Robert...

Murphy backs weed decriminalization as short-term measure

November 26, 2019 11:28 amNovember 26, 2019 3:51 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will support legislation to decriminalize marijuana as a short term solution as he awaits a public referendum on legalizing weed in the 2020 general election. “Decriminalization of adult-use marijuana cannot be our long-term solution, but we now...

Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough)

LD16 Dems unconcerned about lame duck harming re-election chances

November 25, 2019 5:40 pmNovember 27, 2019 12:30 pm

Democrats in the 16th legislative district aren’t concerned about a lame duck agenda laden with controversial bills imperiling their chances at re-election in 2021. “No, because I don’t really see them as liberal issues. I think what do you need...

Lawmakers considering marijuana decriminalization as stop gap

November 20, 2019 10:40 pmNovember 21, 2019 11:47 am

Lawmakers are considering moving to decriminalize marijuana while waiting for the 2020 referendum on legalizing recreational marijuana, State Sen. Nicholas Scutari said. “I think there’s competing interests with respect to decriminalization,” he said. “We don’t want to jeopardize the ballot...