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TexasTowelie

(116,766 posts)
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 04:20 AM Jun 2018

N.J. legal marijuana legislation stalls, and lawmakers punt it to the summer

Don't hold your breath for movement on legislation to legalize marijuana in New Jersey before Saturday's state budget deadline.

State legislators and industry insiders say it's going to be kicked down the road until after the state gets a budget.

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, who proposed his recreational/medicinal marijuana mashup just three weeks ago, told NJ Advance Media there'll be no push to get legislation done this week but he believes it could be hashed out over the next month.

Scutari also announced this and other points about legalization and expansion plans to industry operators, lobbyists and social justice advocates at a meeting on Friday at Galloping Hills Country Club, according to a half-dozen people who attended the meeting.

Read more: https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2018/06/legislature_stalls_on_cannabis_legislation_punts_i.html

I wonder if these are these are the same people that say that stoners are lazy and procrastinate?

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