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More N.J. medical marijuana patients can now get home delivery

A dozen years after the medical marijuana law was signed in New Jersey, registered patients no longer pay sales tax on their medicine, and a growing number of people live in communities where home delivery service is available. The sales…

New Jersey lawmakers seek to curb cannabis use

As New Jersey nears the end of its first month of legal recreational marijuana sales, lawmakers have introduced a series of bills aimed at restricting what types of workers can use cannabis off the job. One measure (S2518), sponsored by…

Can N.J. cops smoke weed now that it’s legal? It’s complicated.

The sale of recreational marijuana began just over a week ago in New Jersey and already public officials are facing issues, including whether law enforcement officers and other crucial employees should be allowed to smoke or use weed on their…

New Jersey AG Says Off-Duty Cops May Consume Marijuana Under New Law

Garden State cops have been given the green light to get stoned. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced this week that off-duty officers will be permitted to purchase and consume cannabis under the state’s new marijuana laws. Platkin’s detailed the policy in a memo sent…

Legal weed sales could start in New Jersey within weeks, Murphy says

February 24, 2022
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After missing a self-imposed Tuesday deadline to open the state for legal marijuana sales, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday night New Jersey is “within weeks” of having existing medical weed dispensaries sell recreational cannabis to adults 21 and older. “If I had…

NJ legalized weed one year ago. Here’s what you can (and still can’t) do with marijuana

February 23, 2022
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One year ago today, Gov. Phil Murphy briefly switched gears during his regular COVID-19 briefing. It had been a few hours since the Legislature had finally — after months of political theater — passed the final bill that, as part of a…

Why you still can’t buy legal pot in N.J. 16 months after voters gave the go-ahead

February 21, 2022
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Medical marijuana companies in New Jersey have been clamoring for months for permission from regulators to sell recreational weed to adults. A year ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that allowed such a regulated cannabis industry to operate in…

Murphy says he’d rather be right than fast as N.J. may delay recreational weed sales

Gov. Phil Murphy, who successfully pushed to legalize cannabis for recreational use, said he wasn’t concerned that the state may not meet a Feb. 22 deadline for selling weed to the public. “I’d rather get it right than get it fast,” Murphy told NJ Advance…

Weed ‘gifting’ companies are starting up in N.J. But are they legal?

Licenses to sell legal weed are still months away, but there’s a handful of entrepreneurs coming into the scene through a possible legal loophole — “gifting” cannabis. It’s a scheme popular in other states and particularly in Washington, D.C. A…

NJ legal weed, medical marijuana commission finally meeting. What they should address

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission is finally holding its first meeting, nearly two years after it was established. The CRC is set to meet at 2 p.m. Monday, where its five members will begin the process of overseeing legal…

What is and isn’t allowed under New Jersey’s marijuana laws

After decades of prohibition, legal marijuana has come to yet another state — and this time, it’s just across the Delaware River. “New Jersey’s broken and indefensible marijuana laws are no more,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in February after signing…

New Jersey Stops Marijuana Arrests, Ends Pending Prosecutions

February 24, 2021
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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has ordered an immediate end to marijuana arrests and pending prosecutions while telling courts to set aside convictions before this week, when Governor Phil Murphy signed legalization bills. Weed still can’t be sold legally,…

Marijuana Is Legal in New Jersey, but Sales Are Months Away

February 23, 2021
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After years of false starts and failed attempts, Gov. Philip D. Murphy on Monday signed into law three bills that effectively permit and regulate the use of recreational marijuana in New Jersey, making it the most populous state in the…

N.J. lawmakers whipping votes for recreational marijuana deal as deadline looms

February 19, 2021
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Lawmakers in New Jersey have shaken up their legislative agenda for the rest of the week to accommodate what could be the final deal on legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. Voters approved legal recreational marijuana in the November election,…

Is N.J. legal weed effort dead again? Top lawmaker abandons compromise, hopes Murphy will sign bills on his desk.

February 18, 2021
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A top New Jersey lawmaker has ended a weeks-long effort to compromise with Gov. Phil Murphy on underage penalties for marijuana use, saying again the governor should sign legal marijuana bills that passed late last year. That could mean an end for…