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Legalization could happen this year

The CA Tax Cannabis 2010 effort is generating a lot of interest in prohibition reform nationally. Several members of  NORML-NJ attended the national NORML 2009 conference where the TAX Cannabis campaign kicked-off…

Pot could be legal in 2011

All indicators are pointing to a very welcome reality: We’re going to finally legalize recreational marijuana…in California at [...]

NJ Senators renew call for John Wilson pardon

Two state Senators in New Jersey have renewed their call that an Executive Pardon should be granted to John Wilson, the MS patient convicted of growing 17 marijuana plants to treat his disease. Senators Raymond Lesniak and Nicholas Scutari issued a press release yesterday and appealed to Governor Chris Christie to issue [...]

John Ray Wilson: 5 year sentence for growing medical marijuana

New Jersey Multiple Sclerosis patient John Ray Wilson was sentenced to 5 years in state prison today for growing 17 cannabis plants to treat his condition.

His attorney, James Wronko, said that an appeal is being planned.

Judge Robert B. Reed passed the sentence today as his mother and grandmother wept just a few feet away. John’s [...]

Man with MS who grew medical marijuana faces prison Friday

PLEASE ATTEND THE RALLY

Somerset County Courthouse rally info:

8:30AM-appx 2PM at 20 N. Bridge St, Somerville, NJ 08876

The sentencing phase in the high-profile trial of a New Jersey man who grew medical marijuana to treat his Multiple Sclerosis will take place this Friday 3/19/10 following several delays.
John Ray Wilson was caught [...]

NJ medical cannabis law: Town Hall Meeting

A Town Hall Meeting regarding New Jersey’s new medical cannabis law will be held this week. Prospective patients, medical marijuana policy experts and local advocates will present updates on the law’s progress then answer questions from the public and the media.

The meeting takes place at the Collingswood Public Library from 12PM –2PM on Saturday March [...]

How big is NJ’s current pot economy?

Regulated cannabis growing in Oakland, CA

Chris Goldstein is a member of NORML-NJ’s Board of Directors. He recently published a blog estimating the size and scale of the current underground marijuana economy in the Garden State.

Big bust in NJ tiny part of $1 billion local pot economy

New Jersey’s new Attorney General Paula Dow held [...]