NJ Green Direct began cannabis deliveries on New Year’s Day to taking advantage of the referendum whereby cannabis became legal despite Trenton’s failures. NJWeedman began calling himself legal on New Year’s Day as well. “We’re using a gifting loophole in the law,” CEO Sam Gindi of NJGreenDirect.com said. They began their cannabis deliveries last Friday, […]
The New Jersey Assembly Oversight Committee scheduled a virtual hearing for the cannabis legalization implementation bill, A. 21, on Monday, Nov. 9th, making cannabis news. A. 21 is the Assembly version of S. 2703 sponsored by State Senator Nick Scutari (D-Union). That bill has expired since an election was held last year for the Assembly. […]
While adult-use cannabis sailed to victory, the presidential race remains undecided. However, former Vice Joe Biden has established a lead over Donald Trump in key swing states and reflected on the War on Drugs. Biden said in the last stretch of the campaign that he is remorseful about the War on Drugs and its impact […]
There were many cannabis victories on Election Night. Seven cannabis referendums passed in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota, Mississippi, and Montana. South Dakota and Montana both had two cannabis referendums on the ballot for separate issues. Cannabis Referendums Win Adult-use initiatives passed in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota, with the latter approving a […]
Voters approved adult-use New Jersey cannabis legalization by a significant margin, thus ending prohibition in the Garden State and furthering social justice. 62.5 percent of precincts reported on November 4th at 1:05 AM. Support for cannabis reached 66.96 percent with 1,728,560 votes to 33.04 percent and 853,034 votes against legalization. While not all the votes […]
New Jersey is not the only state with a cannabis referendum on Tuesday. Arizona, South Dakota, Montana, and Mississippi all seek to legalize. The New Jersey ballot question is the most likely to pass, while Mississippi’s referendum for medical and South Dakota’s adult-use questions are up in the air based on polls. Before COVID hit, […]
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) tweeted an endorsement of the November 3rd adult-use cannabis ballot referendum legalization today. “Legalizing marijuana is the right thing to do. We must also expunge the records of those arrested for marijuana offenses and reinvest proceeds from legalization directly back into our communities,” he said. Cannabis Referendum Endorsement as Legalization Strategy […]
The NJBIA cannabis panel on the prospective NJ adult-use cannabis industry was held today with the leading prohibitionist speaking first. Leading prohibitionist Kevin Sabet was given time to speak before the panel. He acknowledged his efforts are funded by the former drunkard and pill popper Patrick Kennedy whose wife is running for Congress in NJ-2. […]
NJ CAN 2020 is the campaign leading the effort to pass the cannabis legalization referendum in three short weeks. “New Jersey needs to start a new chapter and turn the page on this war on cannabis,” NJ CAN 2020 Campaign Manager Axel Owen said. He was previously the Executive Director of the New Jersey Democratic […]
The legalization coalition NJ CAN 2020 hosted a cannabis webinar on legalization yesterday afternoon featuring Nick Scutari and many cannabis advocates. On the cannabis webinar, Governor Phil Murphy said while he has been pushing cannabis since running for Governor in 2017, it took him a while to come around to legalization prior to that. Murphy […]
Don’t Let NJ Go to Pot is the latest group leading the fight against cannabis legalization in the battle to stop the march of progress. Gregg Edwards, who worked for Chris Christie, who hates cannabis, is leading it. Edwards made his career as a Trenton Insider working for Republicans in the legislature, culminating in an […]
Yesterday Governor Murphy’s social media account endorsed the NJ legalization referendum via social media, along with the NJ Dems today. His Twitter posted a picture of the State of New Jersey filled with cannabis leaves on a cannabis leaf background. Governor Phil Murphy has been consistently in favor of cannabis legalization since beginning to run […]
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