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N.J. celebrates its first legal 4/20 by lighting up joints in Trenton Updated 12:15 PM; Facebook Share After years of calling on New Jersey to legalize weed, Garden State activists, entrepreneurs and medical marijuana patients took a victory lap Tuesday celebrating outside of the Statehouse by lighting joints and taking a sigh of relief. 4/20, the unofficial weed holiday of unknown origins, has a new meaning in New Jersey this year. Two months ago, Gov. Phil Murphysigned laws that decriminalize up to six ounces of marijuana and outline a legal cannabis industry for people 21 and older. But work remains both to set up the industry and ease access for medical marijuana patients, who have long complained about product shortages and high prices. There’s still stigma, too; many cities and towns are contemplating ordinances that would ban weed businesses in their borders, even though nearly municipality in the state voted in favor of a ballot question to legaliz ....
Print Continue to article content This photo shows Gov. Phil Murphy as he has signed into law legislation to set up a recreational marijuana marketplace. | Edwin J. Torres/AP Photo New Jersey legalizes cannabis after years of failed efforts and toxic negotiations New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy finally delivered on a 2017 campaign promise when he signed legislation Monday that legalizes cannabis for adults, decriminalizes the possession of up to six ounces of the drug and codifies criminal justice reforms that will upend how police officers interact with underage offenders. Despite New Jersey s deep-blue political backdrop and strong tailwinds in support of loosening Reagan-era drug policies, Murphy, a progressive Democrat, came close to rejecting the measures. ....
Power 100: A – M Leslie Anderson Anderson is the president and chief executive officer of the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority the first and only African-American woman in the nation to lead an independent redevelopment financing agency, and thanks to her effectiveness she has been reappointed to this position by four consecutive governors. Since Anderson took over more than a decade ago, the authority has leveraged nearly $4 billion in new investments – including about $500 million in direct investments – in some of the state’s most economically distressed communities. That funding has been vital to redevelopment efforts around New Jersey, with the authority claiming credit for 15,000 new housing units and more than 10 million square feet of commercial and retail space. And the authority is now poised to play a significant role in the Opportunity Zone program. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, NJRA created the Small Business Lease-Emergency Assistance Gran ....
On March 9-10, NJ Cannabis Insider hosts a virtual event of strategic networking sessions built around speakers and panel discussions focused on how businesses can succeed. ....