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The number of 2013 arrests was double that of 1993, when the state's population was smaller. The spike in arrest rates was at odds with the national trend, beginning in 2007, that saw a decline in arrests for marijuana possession. [6] New Jersey arrested 34,500 people on cannabis offenses in 2017, more than any other state in the nation. [7]
He also was a primary sponsor of New Jersey S. 119, the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, which he introduced in January 2005, five years before it was enacted. [5] After "stalling" the bill was revived when legislators and the governor agreed to set a tax rate of $42.00 an ounce vice a percentage of the sale price.
The Honig Act updated and reformed the program, and created the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission. (In 2019, when this Act was signed into law, the state had not yet approved the sale of recreational marijuana). Prior to the law, the program was run by the Division of Medicinal Marijuana at the New Jersey Department of Health. [4]
Under federal law, any cannabis byproduct that contains less than 0.3% delta-9 THC is not considered illegal marijuana — it’s hemp. (The New Jersey hemp bill's "total THC" standard is more ...
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.
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Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
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