Some of the largest marijuana companies own the dispensaries where adult-use sales are starting in New Jersey. They paid hefty fees as part of going first.
Getting it right
Issue 164: Social equity remains front and center at CRC meeting, N.Y. state parade, elsewhere. Plus, Peoples-Stokes joins our N.Y. business event.
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This week’s theme of getting it right is not an easy task.
In a world of globalization and intersection, getting it right has never been harder.
With cannabis, the accompanying harms inflicted upon communities affected by trauma from the War on Drugs has bore witness to the potential for something that has often eluded them.
Economic justice.
The cannabis industry, new in its incarnation, represents the old business adage that it is easier to adapt something new than it is to try to change something old.
Murphy seeks extra $2M for legal help for detained immigrants
TRENTON Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget plan disappoints immigration activists who want people to be provided coronavirus aid even if they’re not legal residents. But it does include another $2 million increase in funding for legal services for unauthorized immigrants facing deportation.
Murphy introduced the program in his first year in office and has gradually increased its budget. The current state budget provides $6.2 million in funding, and he proposes bringing that to $8.2 million.
“Over the last three years, this program has provided representation to hundreds of people detained in New Jersey,” said Ami Kachalia, campaign strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.
Credit: (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
File photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man suspected of being in the country illegally.
The New Jersey Legislature on Thursday began considering whether to bar counties and private companies from entering into new contracts to house undocumented immigrants detained by federal officials.
Advocates of a ban say that not only do these detentions rip families apart, but also, the conditions in some of the facilities are deplorable and inhumane. Further, the availability of beds in these facilities encourages U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to be more aggressive in picking up and holding people for no reason other than they lack the legal status to be in the country.