Credit: (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Jan. 7, 2021: A salesperson answers questions at a marijuana store in South Portland, Maine. Cannabis has rocketed to the top of the state’s agricultural crops.
It took more than four tortuous years and the creaky machinations of New Jersey Democratic politics before adult-use marijuana was legalized earlier this year. Now, the hard work actually began Monday with the first meeting of the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission.
The commission started the formidable task of constructing what is expected to be a safe and profitable $1 billion weed industry from scratch. That industry will be guided by a new regulatory bureaucracy created by this commission and given a mandate to mend the racial and social sins wrought by decades of biased and unjust law enforcement during marijuana prohibition.
TRENTON - The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission is finally holding its first meeting, nearly two years after it was established.
The CRC is set to meet at 2 p.m. Monday, where its five members will begin the process of overseeing legal weed, medical marijuana and the industries expected to grow around them.
The agenda for the meeting, held virtually, is light. CRC chairwoman Dianna Houneou and executive director Jeff Brown will make remarks. The panel will elect a vice chair. They will adopt an official logo and set a meeting schedule.
The five members of the CRC are:
Houneou, chair: Senior policy adviser to Gov. Phil Murphy, and a former policy director with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, where she helped craft the 2019 proposed marijuana legalization bills that laid the groundwork for the laws now enacted.
Coughlin Announces Recommended Appointment to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission January 8, 2021, 1:34 pm | in
Speaker Coughlin Announces Recommended Appointment to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission
(TRENTON) – Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin announced Friday that he has recommended Sam Delgado to the Governor to serve on the newly established Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC). Delgado is a retired Vice President of External Affairs for Verizon New Jersey and a retired Marine Corps Reserve Combat Communications Officer with 20 years’ experience having served in the Republic of Haiti monitoring human rights abuses. His military awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
“Sam Delgado’s professional and military service is outstanding and I strongly believe he is the best person to serve on the Cannabis Regulatory Commission,” said Coughlin (D-Middlesex). “Sam is
By TAPINTO RARITAN BAY
January 8, 2021 at 3:15 PM
Samuel Delgado of Perth Amboy has been named to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission
Samuel Delgado of Perth Amboy has been named to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission
Credits: Samuel Delgado
January 8, 2021 at 3:15 PM
PERTH AMBOY - Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-19th Dist.) announced Friday that he has recommended Sam Delgado to the governor to serve on the newly-established Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC).
Delgado, of Perth Amboy, is a retired Vice President of External Affairs for Verizon New Jersey and a retired Marine Corps Reserve Combat Communications Officer with 20 years’ experience having served in the Republic of Haiti monitoring human rights abuses. His military awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.