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Contrary to Gov. Chris Christie’s anti-pot stance, New Jersey lawmakers are working to become the next state to legalize marijuana.

A bill to legalize, regulate, and tax the recreational adult use of marijuana was introduced in the state Senate on Monday, reports NJ.com.
Under the bill, adults 21 and over would be allowed to possess up to one ounce of marijuana or 16 ounces of cannabis-infused products, including edibles. A tax on marijuana sales would be established, beginning at seven percent and rising to 25 percent over the course of five years.
Although Democratic Sen.

This Monday, New Jersey State Senator Nicholas Scutari is planning to announce a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana in the state. "The national trend is toward legalization," said Scutari, who has been advocating for legalization for years. “It's absolutely necessary to save our neighborhoods from drug dealers. And we can use the tax revenue. And people are smoking it anyway.”

If passed, the bill would make New Jersey the ninth state to allow recreational pot use. The bill may have a chance of passing both chambers of the state's Democratic-majority legislature, but Gov.

New Jersey lawmakers are fully prepared to legalize a recreational marijuana market the second Governor Chris Christie leaves office.

A recent report from Entrepreneur claims the Garden State could soon follow in the footsteps of other East Coast jurisdictions, like Maine and Massachusetts, by making cannabis a part of statewide commerce.

The articles suggests that lawmakers may have already taking the leap if not for the fact that Christie, a man who believes marijuana legalization is “beyond stupidity” and will “poison the children,” was destined to veto it with extreme prejudice the moment it crossed his desk.

So, instead

When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s final term expires next January, the state will likely elect a Democrat to replace the Republican. And unlike Christie — who is an outspoken opponent of marijuana reform — the current gubernatorial frontrunner, U.S. ambassador Phil Murphy, sees cannabis legalization as a financial opportunity.  
Speaking at a conference hosted by the New Jersey Hospital Association in Princeton, New Jersey, Christie had some choice words for pro-cannabis legislators:
“They want that blood money? Let them do it. And they will.

New Jersey legislators are preparing a push for recreational cannabis legalization in the 2018 midterm elections, but if they want to bring legal weed to the Garden State, they’ll need to oust Governor Chris Christie first.

According to NJ.com, Governor Christie spoke yesterday at a forum on substance abuse in Princeton, NJ where he restated his outdated views on cannabis legalization.

Christie was at the forum to address the state’s opioid epidemic, a scourge that President Trump has picked Christie to combat nationally.

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A bipartisan group of House Democrats and Republicans recently hashed out a $1 trillion budget for government spending, but none of which will be used to crack down on legal pot.
A new government funding bill will block the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute law-abiding medical marijuana companies operating in legal states, reports the Orange County Register.
The budget’s full text of the marijuana provision is as follows:
None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States