TRENTON – Acting to implement the public referendum legalizing adult use marijuana approved by the voters, the Senate Judiciary Committee today approved legislation sponsored by Senator Nicholas Scutari and Senate President Steve Sweeney that will create an organizational and regulatory system to oversee the operations of the cannabis industry in New Jersey.
The ballot question was approved by the voters with a two-to-one margin. New Jersey will be the largest state in the Northeast to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.
“The public recognizes that ‘marijuana prohibition’ has been a failed policy,” said Senator Scutari (D-Union), who also authored the law creating New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. “We can…
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