Cannabis Regulatory Meeting Tracker: Five (5) Meetings Today: Watch New Jersey Marijuana Legalization Debate Live at 10 AM

Watch live the New Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee review several marijuana bills at 10 am today including the New Jersey Marijuana Legalization Act. The Marijuana Legalization Act would treat marijuana like alcohol for purposes of taxation, control and legalization. The legislation creates a regulatory framework for the licensing of marijuana establishments that engage in the production, processing, transport, sale and testing of marijuana products. The legislation also includes a provision that provides for the expungement for marijuana possession convictions.

The New Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will also discuss several medical marijuana bills that expand the rights of medical marijuana patients and caregivers including access to medical marijuana. The bills, S. 10 and S. 2426, expand the number of qualifying conditions by removing the requirement that a condition be debilitating, and S. 2426 allows access to medical marijuana for any medical diagnosis. The bills also open access to medical marijuana by replacing the requirement that a patient obtain a physician certification to use medical marijuana with just an authorization from a physician or health care professional.

NEW JERSEY: SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS: NEW JERSEY MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION ACT