NJ marijuana legalization: Police rail against underage weed law burlingtoncountytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from burlingtoncountytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New N.J. legal weed law that eases penalties on underage drinking alarms lawmakers. But data shows few teens get caught anyway.
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The rules were clear for years: Those under 21 caught with alcohol could face arrests and fines.
But the law shifted nearly overnight last month. Legislators seeking a racially just response to underage marijuana use downgraded a criminal offense to warnings and roped alcohol in, too.
There will be no more searches of young people for concealed beer cans, and police officers cannot stop them if they smell marijuana, either. Instead, officers can issue written warnings if they catch someone under 21 with weed or booze. But those must come under restrictions that have concerned both parents and police.
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New Jersey minors caught with weed or booze won’t have to worry about getting grounded by Mom and Dad as a new law legalizing marijuana bars police from telling parents if their kids were caught, and apparently extends to alcohol.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a package of bills on Feb. 22 after a three-year legislative push to pave the way for a legal marketplace for marijuana in the state.
The decriminalization allows people to carry up to six ounces of pot but also limits how law enforcement can interact with anyone under the now-legal age of 21 when it comes to suspicion of using marijuana.
New Jersey law prohibits police from notifying parents about kids first use of marijuana, alcohol lawofficer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lawofficer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.