One candidate for governor—incumbent Phil Murphy, a Democrat—has overseen the passage of legalization and the forward, if imperfect, progress toward the opening of the state’s retail market.
Way back in 2017, Phil Murphy ran for governor promising to pass cannabis legalization “in his first 100 days.” He got elected, then spent the next three years trying to push a bill through the state legislature, without success.
That measure passed by a massive margin , making legal cannabis officially more popular in New Jersey than any statewide political candidate in recent memory.
Building a regulated cannabis industry from scratch may be taking longer than advocates would like, but many of the social justice benefits of legalization that Gov.
The continued prohibition on homegrow is a problem for many cannabis enthusiasts and reform advocates.
As governor, my first term, if this rollout of recreational marijuana as legalized now is a failure, I will advocate for it to go back on the ballot.
To qualify for medical marijuana, the patient’s PTSD symptoms would have to be resistant to conventional medical therapy, which generally combines psychotherapy with antidepressants and anti- anxiety medications.
He also voted against allowing any minors to access medical cannabis at all, including those suffering with severe seizure disorder, cancer, and other life-threatening ailments.
As Ciatterelli himself has noted, the only way to undue the legalization laws already on the books is with another public vote.
But one thing we do know for sure is that if Jack Ciatterelli loses, you won’t catch him cursing about it in public.