Assembly Advances Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana Possession Under 15 Grams
The measure would put New Jersey in line with 14 other states, including neighboring New York and Connecticut
During Monday afternoon's session of the state Assembly, new bipartisan legislation was approved 7-0 in committee that would lead to the decriminalization of marijuana possession for 15 grams or less. It was sponsored by Assembly Democrat members Reed Gusciora, Bonnie Watson Coleman, L. Grace Spencer, Gordon M. Johnson and Peter Barnes III and Republican Michael Carroll. "This bill would put us in line with neighboring states like Connecticut and New York, which recently decriminalized marijuana possession," said Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon). "The bill recognizes the realities of our current drug laws, which are overly punitive for marijuana and taxing on our criminal justice system." Under the bill (A-1465), a person who is caught …
