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Will NJ legal weed finally become law this week? Youth marijuana rules the last hurdle

February 16, 2021
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Could this be the week New Jersey finally gets legal weed, more than three months after voters first approved it? Legislators plan to pass a bill this week detailing the penalties and fines faced by marijuana users under 21 years old. This…

New compromise offered to finally end dispute holding up N.J. legal weed

February 12, 2021
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Lawmakers have introduced a new proposal for penalizing those under 21 who are caught with marijuana, a move that could bring Gov. Phil Murphy closer to signing a bill to legalize weed. But this bill must receive committee approval Monday and pass…

New N.J. weed compromise moves forward — but it looks a lot like the last failed plan

Lawmakers on Friday advanced a new compromise on penalties for underage marijuana use, hoping to pass something that will make Gov. Phil Murphy agree to sign big bills to legalize and decriminalize weed into law. It’s the Legislature’s second shot at a…

Medical marijuana patients just want to grow their own weed. Why lawmakers won’t allow it.

When Jo Anne Zito was initially arrested for at-home cultivation nearly 10 years ago, her kids were taken away from her. Though her charge was later downgraded to low-level possession thanks to a grand jury, she’d already gotten a taste of…

N.J.’s cannabis industry is set to take off. Who can play? What do employers need to know?

December 29, 2020
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to sign two bills before New Year’s Day that will give birth to a new recreational marijuana industry in the Garden State and decriminalize the possession of up to six ounces of cannabis. The bills,…

NJ marijuana legalization: Phil Murphy, legislators reach deal on legal weed industry bill

Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders have reached a deal on bills that would establish a framework for a legal weed industry, setting up a key vote in the coming weeks. In a statement, Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Stephen…

Cannabis Industry Hopes Racial Justice Message Can Help Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use In NJ

New Jersey voters will decide on November 3rd whether to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults age 21 and over in the Garden State. While its use is legal for medicinal purposes in the state, legalizing it for recreational use…

Gov. Murphy calls for New Jersey voters to say yes to legal marijuana on ballot question: ‘The facts are on our side’

Gov. Phil Murphy is calling on voters say yes to a ballot question to legalize marijuana, hoping New Jersey will “make history” and become the first state in the region have a legal weed market. The governor appeared Thursday afternoon in a virtual…

Clearing marijuana offenses in N.J. is coming – if Murphy signs bill this time

December 17, 2019
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People convicted of marijuana offenses are closer to getting their records cleared, as the Legislature voted Monday to pass an expungement bill. “This move will make it possible for thousands of residents now and in the future to truly be…

N.J. voters to decide on legalizing marijuana in 2020

December 17, 2019
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New Jersey voters will decide next year whether to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. Super-majorities in the state Senate and Assembly on Monday approved putting on the November 2020 ballot a question that if approved would make cannabis use…

N.J. medical marijuana prices could be cut under new plan. They’re now highest in nation.

November 20, 2019
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Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration will help lower the cost of medical marijuana by requiring for-profit companies entering the market to show how they will cut prices before the the Health Department allows them to operate. With premium dried weed costing as…

Clearing N.J. marijuana convictions stalls again. Democrats now offering Murphy another expungement plan.

September 13, 2019
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Those hoping to have their marijuana convictions cleared will have to keep waiting. The state Senate did not vote on Gov. Phil Murphy’s changes to its expungement legislation on Thursday but instead introduced a new bill of its own. Senators Sandra Cunningham,…

New Jersey medical marijuana expansion bill needs governor’s support to become law. Here’s what he wants.

Shortly before a vote Monday on a measure to vastly expand New Jersey’s medical marijuana program, state Assembly leadership put the bill on hold over fears Gov. Phil Murphy would veto it when it got to his desk. Better to negotiate with Murphy than…

N.J.’s marijuana bill nearly ‘dead.’ That means you may get to vote on making weed legal.

It’s now all but certain that New Jersey voters, and not lawmakers, will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, three legislative sources confirmed to NJ Advance Media late Thursday. A plan for the state Legislature to vote on…

Legal marijuana for N.J. takes a huge step forward. We now expect final votes next week.

New Jersey took another big step toward legal weed on Monday, as two state legislative committees approved a new bill that would legalize recreational marijuana in the Garden State, setting up historic votes in the full state Legislature next week.…