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Jan. 7, 2021: A salesperson answers questions at a marijuana store in South Portland, Maine. Cannabis has rocketed to the top of the state’s agricultural crops.
It took more than four tortuous years and the creaky machinations of New Jersey Democratic politics before adult-use marijuana was legalized earlier this year. Now, the hard work actually began Monday with the first meeting of the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission.
The commission started the formidable task of constructing what is expected to be a safe and profitable $1 billion weed industry from scratch. That industry will be guided by a new regulatory bureaucracy created by this commission and given a mandate to mend the racial and social sins wrought by decades of biased and unjust law enforcement during marijuana prohibition.
By TAPINTO RARITAN BAY
April 13, 2021 at 12:13 PM
Samuel Delgado of Perth Amboy has been named vice chair of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission
Samuel Delgado of Perth Amboy has been named vice chair of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory .
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By TAPINTO RARITAN BAY
April 13, 2021 at 12:13 PM
PERTH AMBOY – Sam Delgado, a former Verizon vice president and husband of Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-19th.), has been named vice chair of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission.
During the commission’s first-ever meeting on Monday, April 12, Delgado, of Perth Amboy, said he looks forward to working with the other four commissioners to “create a very inclusive, entrepreneurial, and exceptional adult-use cannabis market.”
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On Friday, Moody’s improved the state’s credit outlook from “negative” to “stable.” While this is far less significant than an actual rating change, it’s still a good sign.
TRENTON - The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission is finally holding its first meeting, nearly two years after it was established.
The CRC is set to meet at 2 p.m. Monday, where its five members will begin the process of overseeing legal weed, medical marijuana and the industries expected to grow around them.
The agenda for the meeting, held virtually, is light. CRC chairwoman Dianna Houneou and executive director Jeff Brown will make remarks. The panel will elect a vice chair. They will adopt an official logo and set a meeting schedule.
The five members of the CRC are:
Houneou, chair: Senior policy adviser to Gov. Phil Murphy, and a former policy director with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, where she helped craft the 2019 proposed marijuana legalization bills that laid the groundwork for the laws now enacted.