the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey CannaBusiness Association (NJCBA) President Edmund DeVeaux issued the following statement today regarding the now 107-day delay between voters approving adult-use cannabis legalization in New Jersey and legalization actually happening:
“Enough already. Only in New Jersey could the will of the voters be so callously ignored for what is now well over three months. The leadership in Trenton must follow the will of the voters – 67% of the voters in fact – or they will face backlash from their inactions.
“We are now in year four of Governor Murphy’s Administration. In that time, New Jersey has approved only six new cannabis licenses to serve patients. By comparison, Oklahoma has issued over 2,000 licenses helping to generate $800 million in new revenue for the state. Nationally, the cannabis industry created nearly half a million jobs in the last year. Meanwhile, patients in New Jersey still have limited access to the medicine they need and people are still being arrested. In fact, 6,000 people have been arrested for cannabis possession since New Jersey voters said they are ok with people possessing cannabis. This is not a game to those 6,000 people. This is their lives. And this whole thing is insanity.
“Figure it out. Right now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Not next month. Right now!”
Voters being callously ignored is a way of life in New Jersey. The reality is that the Murphy Administration seems to be trying to get its fingers in as much of the pie as possible .
New Jersey Residents Could Legally Grow Marijuana for Personal use
Hopefully it will pass Monday. Enough already.
yeah c’mon.
My canabis stocks or not rising fast enough.
Because I’m into much pain. Definitely will try it.
#LegalizeHeroin
(“Medicinal” Heroin coming soon to a state near you)