N.J. lawmakers whipping votes for recreational marijuana deal as deadline looms
Marijuana Industry NewsNew Jersey February 19, 2021 0
Lawmakers in New Jersey have shaken up their legislative agenda for the rest of the week to accommodate what could be the final deal on legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. Voters approved legal recreational marijuana in the November election, but lawmakers and Gov. Phil Murphy have yet to... Read more
Is N.J. legal weed effort dead again? Top lawmaker abandons compromise, hopes Murphy will sign bills on his desk.
Marijuana Industry NewsNew JerseyRecreational Marijuana February 18, 2021 0
A top New Jersey lawmaker has ended a weeks-long effort to compromise with Gov. Phil Murphy on underage penalties for marijuana use, saying again the governor should sign legal marijuana bills that passed late last year. That could mean an end for the current push to launch a legal marijuana industry... Read more
State of the States – Cannabis Policy Reform in the Current Legislative Sessions
ConnecticutDelawareMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMarylandMontanaNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkPennsylvaniaSouth Carolina February 17, 2021 0
by Morgan Fox, NCIA Director of Media Relations The last few weeks have seen quite a bit of excitement for the possibility of comprehensive federal cannabis policy reform being closer than it has ever been, but what about the states? Historically, the vast majority of progress has been made... Read more
Will NJ legal weed finally become law this week? Youth marijuana rules the last hurdle
Marijuana Industry NewsNew JerseyRecreational Marijuana February 16, 2021 0
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 “cleanup” bill is seen as the last hurdle before Gov.... Read more
New compromise offered to finally end dispute holding up N.J. legal weed
Marijuana Industry NewsNew JerseyRecreational Marijuana February 13, 2021 0
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 both the state Senate and Assembly by next Thursday,... Read more
Top 5 Steps to Take Before Obtaining a Cannabis License in a Newly Legal State
ArizonaMarijuana Industry NewsMississippiNew Jersey February 11, 2021 0
By Henry Baskerville In November 2020, voters in five states passed legislation allowing some form of marijuana sales, joining the rising tide of cannabis legalization sweeping the nation. However, because cannabis is still classified as a Schedule 1 drug under the Federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), each new state... Read more
