After signing a bill that stopped the arrests of small possessions of marijuana back in February, Governor Murphy has now appointed five people to a Regulatory Commission that will begin the discussion of the details on legalizing weed in the state.
A meeting will be held on Monday, April 12 to lay the groundwork for how many dispensaries there are going to be as well as who can hold licenses to operate them in New Jersey.
“This will be the first meeting of many as we put the values of equity and safety into practice in regulating this new industry,” Dianna Houenou, the commission’s chair, said in a statement, according to NJ.com
There had been earlier snags when “the NAACP complained that the commission included no Black men, the demographic most disproportionately affected by marijuana prohibition,” NJ.com reported.
Murphy said at an unrelated press conference, “New Jersey’s broken and indefensible marijuana laws, which permanently stained the records of many residents and short-circuited their futures, and which disproportionately hurt communities of color and failed the meaning of justice at every level, social or otherwise, are no more.”
Seems like t it is only a matter of time before New Jersey’s economy can look forward to some weed profits.
