New Jersey’s top lawmaker said he was giving up on the effort to legalize recreational marijuana through the Legislature and would instead put the issue up for voters to decide next year
In a press conference at the Statehouse in Trenton, Sweeney acknowledged that he and other supporters of legal pot — including Gov. Phil Murphy — had failed to secure enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill. He said it now makes sense to put the issue to voters in 2020, when turnout will be the strongest.
Sweeney said he’ll work with Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and sponsors to “update” the legislation and get the bills passed by the end of June., to the two other measures relating to the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry and criminal justice reform.is a bipartisan bill that would expand the state’s medical cannabis program by increasing monthly prescription amounts to three ounces and creating separate permits for medical marijuana cultivators, processors and dispensaries.
Separate language in the legalization bill would have allowed ex-offenders to expunge third-degree marijuana distribution felonies from their records, essentially allowing anyone who had possessed up to five pounds to clear their name. Sweeney and Coughlin canceled a scheduled vote on all three measures in March after it became clear the recreational legislation didn't have enough support to pass in the Senate. Legislative leaders, along with Murphy, were hopeful the Democrat-controlled Legislature would take another crack at the bills this month, but that didn’t happen.
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