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NJ Senator To Introduce MJ Legalization Bill
Posted by CN Staff on March 22, 2014 at 14:19:16 PT
By Susan K. Livio, The Star-Ledger
Source: Star-Ledger
Trenton -- Making good on a promise he announced in January, a Union County state senator is expected to introduce legislation Monday that will make the case for legalizing and taxing marijuana in New Jersey.Sen. Nicholas Scutari, (D-Union), a municipal prosecutor who sponsored the medical marijuana law, will hold a press conference at the Statehouse Monday afternoon to discuss how the legislation would work. Scutari said he envisioned a system similar to the state’s medical marijuana laws in that facilities would have to be licensed to grow and sell pot.
Scutari has said he intended to model the bill after Colorado, which netted $2 million in sales tax for the first month of marijuana sales in January. But revenue is not the most important impetus for the change, Scutari said, declaring the war on marijuana a "failure." Changing the law would dry up the illegal drug market and clean up neighborhood street corners, he said."We’re not delusional about how simple the effort would be," Scutari said. "But I think from a standpoint of moving this state and this country forward on its archaic drug laws, I think it’s a step in the right direction."The bill's prospects of getting signed into law are slim to none as long as Gov. Chris Christie is in office. The Republican former prosecutor has repeatedly said he would never sign legislation that legalizes or even decriminalizes marijuana possession because of the message it would send to kids. SnippedComplete Article: http://drugsense.org/url/5VzpoQOSSource: Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)Author: Susan K. Livio, The Star-Ledger  Published: March 22, 2014Copyright: 2014 Newark Morning Ledger Co.Contact: eletters starledger.comWebsite: http://www.nj.com/starledger/CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on March 23, 2014 at 05:58:27 PT
Not Worth Posting But Here's The Link
Marijuana Industry Finds Unlikely New Allies in Conservatives URL: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pot-lobby-20140323,0,3970994.story
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Comment #3 posted by Richard Zuckerman on March 22, 2014 at 19:53:06 PT:
N.J. law allows legislative override of Gov. veto:
I'm from New Jersey and it is my vague recollection of the law that a majority of State legislators can override a N.J. Governor's veto. There are Big Government Republicans in the New Jersey legislature, whom have unwavering support for law enforcement, jails, pharmaceutical industry, without regard for the will of the New Jersey people, neocons. 
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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on March 22, 2014 at 17:18:46 PT
Here is Gov's message to kids:
Letter:US NV: PUB LTE: Lies Lead To AddictionRe "Drug Prohibition Fuels Society's Ills," Feb. 20 ): Cannabis ( marijuana ) prohibition and its conspirers increase hard-drug addiction rates. Government claims heroin is no worse than cannabis and that methamphetamine and cocaine are less harmful by insisting cannabis is a Schedule I substance alongside heroin, while methamphetamine and cocaine are only Schedule II substances. How many citizens tried cannabis and realized it is not nearly as dangerous as claimed and believed other substances must not be either only to find themselves addicted to hard drugs? Can the message from cannabis prohibitionists be any worse for vulnerable citizens?http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n245/a01.htmlThe Reno News & Review
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Comment #1 posted by Oleg the Tumor on March 22, 2014 at 16:53:07 PT:
What is this "message"? Why undeliverable?
"The Republican former prosecutor has repeatedly said he would never sign legislation that legalizes or even decriminalizes marijuana possession because of the message it would send to kids."What is the truth? Let's start there.An omission of the truth is the same as a lie.America must stop "omitting the truth" to its kids.
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