Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cannabis in New Jersey is legal for both medical use and recreational use. An amendment to the state constitution legalizing cannabis became effective on January 1, 2021, and enabling legislation and related bills were signed into law by governor Phil Murphy on February 22, 2021. The state legislature tried to legalize cannabis during its 2018 ...
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission was created through the enactment of the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, signed by Governor Phil Murphy on July 2, 2019. [2] The Commission, " in but not of the Department of the Treasury," was granted responsibility over the state's medical marijuana program. [3]
Mike Davis has spent the last decade covering New Jersey local news, marijuana legalization, transportation and a little bit of everything else. He's won a few awards that make his parents very proud.
Legal to possess up to 2.5 oz (71 g) and up to 15 grams of cannabis concentrates. Legal to possess a 90-day supply. Legal to grow 6 plants per adult, maximum 12 plants per household. Legal to possess up to 8 oz (230 g), 1 oz (28 g) of concentrate, and 72 oz (2 kg) of edibles in a residence.
THC seltzers are legal under a loophole in a 2018 federal law legalizing hemp, but a bill on New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's desk would place age restrictions and safety standards on the products ...
New Jersey Public Question 1, the Constitutional Amendment To Legalize Marijuana, was a measure that appeared on the November 3, 2020 New Jersey general election ballot. . Passing with the largest margin of victory of any statewide cannabis legalization ballot measure in US history, Question 1 legalized the possession and recreational use of cannabis; although planned to go into effect January ...
There's no denying that marijuana legalization is popular. A 2023 Gallup poll found that 70% of Americans believed the drug should be legal, including a bare majority of Republicans.
The legal history of cannabis in the United States began with state-level prohibition in the early 20th century, with the first major federal limitations occurring in 1937. Starting with Oregon in 1973, individual states began to liberalize cannabis laws through decriminalization. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical ...