November 10,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Following Democrat Phil Murphy’s victory in New Jersey’s gubernatorial election on Tuesday, marijuana legalization in the state could very quickly become a reality. The incoming governor, made cannabis legalization a key part of his campaign platform. Murphy has promised to legalize pot for Garden State stoners aged 21 and older within his first 100 days in office, with an eye on raking in an estimated $300 million a year in taxes.
Murphy’s “Pot” proposal would legalize the recreational use of marijuana across the state. Democrats now have full control of the state’s legislature, and are making the issue a key part of their agenda going into 2018. New Jersey Senate President Steven Sweeney told the Washington Examiner this week that he is confident that a marijuana legalization bill will be signed into law before April.
If New Jersey legalize the recreational use of marijuana it would become the ninth state in the country to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, and the first to do so through legislation instead of a ballot initiative.
Even though a New Jersey marijuana legalization bill could be signed into law in the first few months of 2018, it would still take a while to go into effect. Legal experts claim it could take up to 18 months after the bill passes before adults 21 and older could start consuming cannabis legally.
Good it’s about time
What a great win for legalization and sensible compassionate policies toward marijuana. Let’s hope more states follow.
Hey James when Murphy’s “Pot” proposal get passed we will see some interesting post on this blog.
Speaking of legalization and sensible compassionate policies how about prostitution? Maybe we won’t have these sexual assaults.
Can’t wait to order a side of pot with my daily Starbucks. I can only imagine the hordes of NY junkies taking the train to buy a little cold pot at RiteAid which they will smoke inside the garage during cold weather or on sidewalks in the summer. Yay, we are so progressive.
Not funny 12:34.
Wasn’t ment tobe 12:47
Here you go 12:47.
A few years ago, researchers at UCLA and Baylor University made a stunning find: When the Rhode Island legislature inadvertently decriminalized indoor prostitution for a number of years, that state saw a 31 percent decline in reported rapes and a similar decline in cases of gonorrhea.
Now comes a new Dutch study that finds much the same causal relationship between decriminalizing prostitution and reducing crime. Researchers at a public research institute in the Netherlands discovered that when major cities in that country opened tippelzones, or areas where street prostitutes could work legally, reports of rape and sexual abuse declined by as much as 30 to 40 percent in the first two years after the zones were opened.