New Jersey’s path to marijuana legalization once looked easy but now its fate is far from certain
Phil Murphy, the state’s unabashedly liberal governor, has made legalization one of his top legislative priorities since his election in late 2017. But on Monday, when the state Senate and General Assembly are scheduled to vote on a bill to legalize recreational cannabis for adult use and introduce sweeping reforms to wipe clean the records of current and past marijuana offenders, its fate is far from certain.
The size and complexity of New Jersey’s legal cannabis bill, coupled with fierce intraparty skirmishes among the state’s top Democratic lawmakers, has bogged down the legislation’s prospects over the last week. Defeat would be a stinging rebuke to Murphy, functioning as a referendum on his ability to generate support for his priorities within the Legislature.
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