New Year s Day should have been the start of NJ legal weed Instead, it s stuck in limbo mcall.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcall.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
But don t light up just yet.
Although New Jersey voters in November chose to legalize marijuana, back-and-forth negotiations continue over penalties for underage marijuana use or possession. That s left legal weed in limbo despite 2.7 million New Jerseyans giving their OK, in a ballot measure that should have taken effect Jan. 1.
Nearly two months of trying hasn t gotten enabling legislation adopted. There are no implementing laws and there are no regulations by the new commission that s being created, said Robert Williams, a retired constitutional law professor at Rutgers Law School. It s an odd situation, actually, that the people can vote for something and literally the Legislature can block it by doing nothing.