President Joe Biden announced he is issuing pardons for those with federal “simple” marijuana possession convictions and beginning the process to reclassify cannabis and end weed crimes. “I am announcing a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana. There are thousands of people who have prior Federal convictions for marijuana possession,” he […]
Representatives Troy Carter (D-LA-2) and Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) introduced a bipartisan bill to expunge federal cannabis misdemeanors. The Marijuana Misdemeanor Expungement Act would create an expungement mechanism for low-level violations of federal marijuana law. It would also provide an expedited process that clears non-felony marijuana offenses lingering in the federal system. The bill would deliver justice […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Dave Joyce introduced a bill to change federal cannabis policy to incentivize expunging marijuana convictions.
NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal issued a directive eliminating Mandatory Minimum sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenses.
The Parental notification bill that their underaged child was caught with cannabis passed the New Jersey Assembly and Senate today. It passed the Assembly 73-0 and the NJ Senate 36-0. The parental notification bill is A. 5472, “Requires notification to parent or guardian of certain underage persons for first offense of possessing or consuming alcohol, […]
The parental notification bill for those underage caught with cannabis possession passed the Assembly Community Development Committee. The bipartisan parental notification bill would not subject an individual to detention. They would not be forced to go to a police station unless they have committed another crime. The bill is A. 5472 “Requires law enforcement provide […]
Bipartisan support is gathering to end the provision in the cannabis bills that removed parental notification for a first offense of underage cannabis possession. “New Jersey has made recreational marijuana legal in the state of New Jersey. It is still illegal for minors to possess or consume it. If a minor is caught with these […]
Due to the threat of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Phil Murphy ordered the release of certain NJ cannabis prisoners from jail. Helping NJ Cannabis Prisoners Murphy recently signed an Executive Order that released “low-risk” inmates from State Prison who were denied parole in the last 12 months or were scheduled to be free within […]
NJ decriminalization criminal justice reform, whereby 50 grams or less of cannabis would be treated comparable to a parking ticket, is dead in the lame-duck legislative session between the November election and the new Assembly’s swearing-in next week. The current NJ Assembly session ends next Tuesday, January 14th, at noon. There will likely be votes […]
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Dan Ulloa
Heady NJ Staff
