TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – New Jersey voters approved a ballot question legalizing recreational marijuana. Now it’s up to the legislature to make that thappen.
Monday, the first part of that passed.
As CBS2’s Meg Baker reports, it’s a green light for a small amounts of marijuana. The State Senate voted to allow people to hold up to six ounces of pot without facing any penalty as the state awaits full legalization in January. The measure has been held in the Assembly, which does not yet have consensus on the legislation. So decriminalization is now in a holding period until the Assembly passes the measure.
Sources say the bill was not brought up for a vote by the Assembly because they could not come to a consensus regarding downgrading penalties for possession of psychedelic mushrooms.
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The State Senate passed the bill 29-4.
“You could do three to five years in state prison for just the possession of one…