TRENTON A measure to allow Garden State residents to grow their own weed has been introduced by a Republican legislator, who has voted against recent efforts to lay the groundwork for recreational marijuana in New Jersey.
State Sen. Gerald Cardinale, R-Bergen, has outlined legislation that would permit private possession of up to six marijuana plants, subject to the state moving forward with plans for legal, adult-use pot.
“The people of New Jersey made it clear in November that they want to lift the prohibition on cannabis,” Cardinale said in a written statement on Friday.
“Since then, the Legislature has spent three months fumbling around with what should have been a simple task, and complicated the legalization effort with countless fees, licensing and extra layers of bureaucracy, the 86-year-old veteran lawmaker continued.
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It looks like Gov. Murphy’s veto threat had an effect, at least in the Assembly, where yet another attempt at marijuana clean-up legislation is moving. And while it hasn’t advanced in the Senate, the path to such an attempt doesn’t look closed off.
Your auto insurance bill can be higher based on your job, education, credit score. N.J. Senate says it’s discrimination.
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
Auto insurance companies would be prohibited from using credit score, education and occupation in setting insurance rates.Susan Santola, Advance Local, Shutterstock
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Did you know your level of education, credit score and job can be used to determine how much you pay for auto insurance?
Some New Jersey lawmakers say that discriminates against lower-income drivers, and the state Senate last week passed a bill banning it.
Senate sponsors of the bill (S111) argue using those factors to calculate insurance risk saddles lower-income drivers with unfairly high rates. Auto insurance companies should be establishing rates based on a driver’s driving habits and not their socioeconomic status, they said.
Faced with a spiraling drug overdose crisis, the Canadian federal government ponders drug decriminalization. (Pixabay)
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Idaho Bill to Amend Constitution to Bar Marijuana Legalization Advances. The measure, a joint resolution, would ban all psychoactive drugs not already legal in the state, but was inspired by fears of marijuana legalization. It was approved Friday in the Senate State Affairs Committee on a party line vote. To become law, the measure would have to pass both the House and the Senate with a two-thirds majority and then be approved by a simple majority of the electorate in the November 2022 general election.