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By Anjalee Khemlani A bill to legalize recreational use of marijuana was finalized by the governor and legislative leaders Wednesday night. The 168-page bill, obtained by ROI-NJ, includes provisions for setting up the cannabis industry and social justice provisions — including expungement — to help those who have been prosecuted over the issue previously. (Read…

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com It’s crunch time for legal pot in New Jersey. So says the Garden State’s top-ranking state lawmaker. State Senate President Stephen Sweeney said Thursday he’s hoping to finally hold a vote this month on a long-debated — and long-delayed — bill to legalize recreational marijuana here. Waiting any longer,…

By: Gabrielle SaulsberyMarch 5, 2019 2:01 pm The governor’s proposed budget calls for $60 million of tax revenue on legal marijuana for half the year, assuming lawmakers and Gov. Phil Murphy can agree on a bill. If legalized adult use cannabis and the surrounding bureaucracy is implemented on Jan. 1, 2020, the budget projects $39 million in…

There’s no reliable way to measure how impaired a driver is after smoking weed, experts say. And because of legal precedent, it’s harder to talk about it in a courtroom. Payton Guion and Claude Brodesser-Akner For The Star-Ledger Justin Bealor weaved through the streets of Sea Isle City shortly after midnight one July morning in…

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com WASHINGTON — A pair of state lawmakers — one Republican and one Democrat — are working on a proposal that would allow New Jersey voters, rather than legislators, to decide whether to legalize marijuana in the Garden State. Currently, New Jersey’s leaders are hoping to legalize…

by Greg MillerExecutive Director, NICI Legalizing recreational cannabis use in New York and New Jersey would be a huge win for cannabis investors. Here’s where the Big Apple and the Garden State stand on the issue… Cannabis legalization was a key issue for voters in the 2018 U.S. elections: Michigan legalized recreational use and Utah…

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  The chairman of the Federal Reserve acknowledged the dilemma faced by legal cannabis enterprises that can’t get checking accounts or accept credit cards because most banks can’t do business with them as long as the drug is illegal on the federal level. “It puts financial…

Brick, NJ Shorebeat In a reversal from Brick officials’ previous statements indicating that the township would hold off on a vote to ban recreational marijuana sales – should cannabis become legal in New Jersey – until the law doing so actually passes. But on Tuesday, the council has scheduled to vote to introduce an ordinance…

The Senate President said he will not start whipping votes on a marijuana bill until legislation is finalized By: Daniel J. Munoz NJBIZ Although Gov. Phil Murphy and lawmakers recently struck a deal on some of the major points of legal cannabis, don’t expect to be able to buy legal marijuana in New Jersey any…

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com WASHINGTON — As more and more states legalize marijuana, their nascent cannabis businesses are running into a problem. Since cannabis remains illegal on the federal level, dispensaries and other cannabis-related enterprises can’t open bank accounts, accept checks or take credit cards. They can’t give their…