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After voters decided to make New Jersey the 12th state to legalize last fall, recreational marijuana use is finally on the horizon. On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills that together legalized and decriminalized marijuana in the state. “As of this moment, New Jersey’s broken and indefensible marijuana laws which permanently stained the […]
Uncertainty, once again, looms over New Jersey’s weed legalization bill. According to the New Jersey Globe, multiple lawmakers pulled their names from a so-called “cleanup bill” that was approved by the Senate Judiciary and Assembly Appropriations Committees on Thursday. The bill was seen as a compromise between the state legislature and Gov. Phil Murphy, who indicated […]
Google Trends reveals there was a 2,800 percent increase in searches for “how to roll a joint” in New Jersey over the span of four hours on Tuesday night. The spike in the very specific search comes the same day that nearly 67 percent of New Jersey voters approved an amendment allowing people 21 and older to […]
In the six months since coronavirus lockdowns hit the U.S.—yes, it’s already been six months—Americans across the country have started smoking record amounts of weed. And, to be fair, with never-ending piles of anxiety constantly washing over all of us, outrageous unemployment levels, and half a year stuck at home, it’s not surprising that so […]
The House is preparing to vote on a measure that aims to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level, reports Politico. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) announced the news in an email Friday stating congressional lawmakers are expected to vote on the The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act—aka the MORE Act—sometime next month. The bill would remove cannabis from from the […]
A Black war veteran who was serving a life sentence over a $30 marijuana sale will seen be released from prison. According to ABC News, Louisiana prosecutors announced Thursday they had agreed to reduce Derek Harris’ sentence to time served. The Army vet was arrested in 2008 after he allegedly sold less than a gram of weed […]
