The Wall Township Committee is scheduled to vote at the township municipal building in the coming days.
The Wall Township Committee is scheduled to vote on an ordinance prohibiting any marijuana sales with the town until state lawmakers can definitive decision if New Jerseyshould legalize marijuana. The ordinance would place a ban on all marijuana, dispensing, paraphernalia, producing and cultivating.
Deputy Mayor Kevin Orender, a former narcotics officer with the New York Police Department stated that he does not believe it’s a good thing for the state to be a part of.
“IT’S STILL FEDERALLY ILLEGAL, SO WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THIS STATE-BY-STATE.”
In addition, many New Jersey towns have announced and shown their dislike against marijuana by restricting the sales within their jurisdiction, especially those on the Jersey Shore. For example, Point Pleasant Beach was the first to examine the matter and implement its restriction since December 2017, and others such as Berkeley, Lavallette, Seaside Heights, Oceanport and West Long Branch have followed suit.
Other like Toms River and Middleton have prohibited the selling of marijuana but have not decided on the final legislation against legalizing it. Very few towns namely, Jersey City and Ashbury have announced that they would welcome the legalization of marijuana and they have focused that decision on the income it would provide for the towns and the city.
“IT’S JUST GOING TO BE SO TOUGH TO CONTROL.”
A Fairleigh Dickinson University survey provided that 42 percent of New Jerseyans are in support of legalization of marijuana, while 26 percent would like it decriminalized. In October, a Gallup survey provided that 64 percent of Americans support the legalization of marijuana. Subsequently, many marijuana industry experts are positively stating that many lawmakers will support marijuana, although many do not sanction recreational cannabis.
Marijuana is still deemed as unlawful on a government level. In January, Attorney General Jeff Sessions withdrew an Obama organization policy not to meddle with state laws representing marijuana.
By Latoya Jackman – Puff Puff Post