Efforts to approve enabling legislation to enact a regulated marijuana market in New Jersey have already hit a hitch, with two committees pulling companion bills from scheduled hearings on Thursday. But a separate proposal to decriminalize cannabis possession was approved by a Senate panel—with a late amendment to lessen penalties for psilocybin-related offenses.
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New Jersey committees cancel marijuana sales bill votes amid disputes over provisions
November 12, 2020
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Conscious Consumption: 100+ Latinx-Owned Cannabis Businesses to Support Right Now
The Drug Policy Alliance finds that, “in New York City, […] we know that Latinos are arrested at nearly four times the rate of whites for marijuana, even though Latinos and whites use marijuana at comparable rates.” Furthermore, cannabis possession is the fourth most common cause of deportation for any offense, adds the Alliance. “Minor ...
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Conscious Consumption: 100+ Black-Owned Cannabis Businesses to Support Right Now
Across the U.S., 40,000 people are imprisoned for non-violent cannabis crimes, reports The Last Prisoner Project. Concurrently, dispensaries in Massachusetts, where cannabis is recreationally legal, reported over $420 million in legal sales in 2019 alone. Take a moment, and imagine sitting in a jail cell for the same plant that others are making millions of dollars off ...
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