New Jersey Legalization Bill Allows Employers To Fire Over Marijuana Use December 8, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey residents eagerly awaiting the chance to use marijuana without fear of arrest will have one more hurdle to pass before they are home free: their employer. The New Jersey bill legalizing recreational marijuana includes an amendment that allows… Read More→
NJ Bill Legalizing Adult-Use Marijuana Gains Committee Approval November 26, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Legislation that would legalize adult use marijuana in New Jersey gained the approval of a Senate committee today. Sponsored by Senator Nicholas Scutari and Senate President Steve Sweeney, the bill, S-2703, would legalize the possession and use of limited amounts… Read More→
Hearings Set for Marijuana Bill in New Jersey November 26, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Local municipalities will have the option of levying a 2 percent tax on weed sales for their own coffers, in addition to a 12 percent state tax on cannabis sales, under a long-awaited bill to make the drug legal for… Read More→
First pass at legal marijuana could roll into New Jersey Statehouse in days, but full vote will require joint effort November 15, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey lawmakers could finally -- finally -- begin voting on legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in the state within two weeks. But as for when final votes will take place? That's still up in the air. The top two leaders of the state… Read More→
Marijuana Legalization Bill Delayed As Legislators Try to Secure Votes In New Jersey October 24, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments State Sen. Richard Codey has no problem with medical marijuana being legal in New Jersey— in fact, he says he supports decriminalizing marijuana altogether. But as legislators in Trenton work out the details of a roughly 150-page bill to create an entirely… Read More→
Access To Medical Marijuana Continues To Expand Under Murphy In New Jersey October 22, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Nearly twice as many patients are able to benefit from New Jersey’s medical marijuana program, compared to involvement in January, and access to the medicine has been eased, with hundreds of additional prescribers available and the wait time for treatment… Read More→
New Jersey Lawmakers hash out marijuana bill, but can it pass? October 10, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Democratic New Jersey lawmakers spent part of Tuesday going over the fine points of a bill that their leaders say is the almost-final, soon-to-pass vehicle for allowing anyone 21 and older to buy and consume marijuana. After missing earlier, informal deadlines for… Read More→
Despite marijuana’s increasing legalization and acceptance, arrests soar in Philly Suburbs and South Jersey October 4, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey, Pennsylvania 0 Comments Corey Thornton admits he gave little thought to the marijuana in his car as he drove along Germantown Pike near the Plymouth Meeting Mall in March. He was heading home to Philadelphia, where police have essentially decriminalized marijuana possession — no… Read More→
Marijuana Industry Has New Jersey Politicians Seeing Green September 27, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) likes to tell the story of the dinner party he attended years ago, when he had just arrived in Trenton. “I said to the table, ‘I’m going to legalize marijuana in the state of New… Read More→
Marijuana Home Delivery Could Be Part Of Legalization In New Jersey September 19, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments While legislators are still crafting a bill to legalize marijuana in New Jersey, some of the proposed changes could bring legal weed to your doorstep — literally. Legislators are yet to unveil the final version but are "98 percent" done, according to legal… Read More→
New Jersey receives 146 applications for 6 shops as state expands medicinal weed September 5, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments In another sign of the robust interest in New Jersey's growing medical marijuana program, the state has received 146 applications to run six new retail shops that would sell the drug to the more than 30,000 people authorized to take… Read More→
New Jersey Could Legalize Recreational Marijuana By End Of September August 22, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney told POLITICO in an extensive interview that he believes the state could legalize marijuana by the end of September. “I’m confident we’ll get to 21 and 41 (votes),” Sweeney told POLITICO. The Senate needs 21 votes… Read More→
New Jersey Just Quietly Decriminalized Marijuana July 24, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey just quietly moved to decriminalize marijuana, at least for the rest of the summer. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has requested all municipal prosecutors adjourn all marijuana offenses until Sept. 4 as his office develops "appropriate guidance." The… Read More→
NJ Vets Will Finally Be Able To Get Medical Marijuana From VA Doctors If Upcoming Measure Passes June 28, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Veterans Affairs doctors can't recommend marijuana as a treatment to veterans, even in states where medical marijuana is legal. That could soon change under a measure approved this week by the U.S. Senate that would allow Veterans Affairs doctors to recommend marijuana to… Read More→
Legal Cannabis In New Jersey Could Be Doomed For Now By Risky Move In Trenton May 31, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments A bold plan to tie medical marijuana expansion to the legalization of recreational weed could jeopardize both efforts in New Jersey, legislators say. Multiple sources in the Legislature have told NJ Advance Media that state Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, is… Read More→