Pennington Council to discuss next steps with new cannabis laws in May Pennington Council to discuss next steps with new cannabis laws in May The Pennington Council will discuss in more depth next month about Pennington’s next steps regarding New Jersey’s new marijuana laws legalizing cannabis. In May, the council with go through options for the municipality and begin discussions on whether they will opt in or opt out with an ordinance on any aspect of the legislation by Aug. 21. The legislation gives each municipality that option. “The clock is ticking. There are very few things we can do. The biggest one is that we need to opt in or opt out on the different types of businesses we will allow in Pennington,” Mayor Joe Lawver said during an April 5 council meeting. “Our timeline for this is next month. We will have a more in depth proposal on how Pennington should handle it and then we would introduce no later than July and adopt in August, if we are adopting an ordinance that would restrict the type of operations we would allow.”