Photo by Getty Images
For seven years, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has gone out of his way to keep marijuana out of the hands of his constituents. The newly appointed “opiate czar” continually blocked expansion of his state’s medical marijuana program, going as far as recently calling cannabis reform a democratic plot to poison children. (Not. Even. Kidding.)
With support for legalization at 60 percent nationwide, it’s been reported that New Jersey’s next governor will almost certainly legalize pot. In fact, just last week, the chair of New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee, state Senator Nicholas Scutari, introduced a bill aimed at establishing a taxed and regulated cannabis industry throughout the Garden State.
From what we can tell, New Jersey’s pot laws are ready to change—just as soon as Christie gets out of the way.
To give us all the dirty details on the drama, High Times Senior Cultivation Editor Danny Danko recently went on Cheddar TV to discuss why Chris Christie hates weed so much, how legalization could be right around the corner and what that would mean for New Jersey.
New York’s legal cannabis market rollout has been trying, with long delays helping the illicit…
The Minnesota Senate has approved a bill to accelerate the licensing of recreational marijuana cultivators.
Patient numbers are at an all-time low, and patients are facing a myriad of roadblocks,…
Ho-Chunk police will not issue citations for pot possession.
The new discovery involving an Indonesian orangutan challenges what we know about apes and wild…
Patients with osteoarthritis reported a reduction in pain associated with the disease when using medical…