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In a historic victory for racial justice and civil rights, following years of campaigning from the ACLU of New Jersey and partner advocates, the New Jersey Legislature passed groundbreaking legislation to end the prohibition of cannabis, which has disproportionately harmed Black and brown communi
A new amended version of S21, a bill to implement the constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis in New Jersey, advanced in the Senate Judiciary Committee to bring New Jersey closer to legalization for adult use.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in a move that builds momentum for New Jersey to include substantive racial and social justice provisions in its legalization efforts, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R.3884/S.2227.
NJ needs immediate decriminalization to curb marijuana-related arrests, and legislation to implement legalization that puts racial justice at the fore