NJ lawmakers advance latest cannabis fix (Newsletter: February 1, 2021) - Marijuana Moment

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listed cannabis reform as a top 2021 legislative priority when asked by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.

“A young man is arrested with a small amount of marijuana in his pocket. He has a criminal record the rest of his life, can’t become a productive citizen—this one won’t hire him, that won’t hire him. Change that. There’s lots to do, and we have to succeed.”

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) spoke in her State of the State address about how legalizing marijuana will create “tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in new revenue.”

“I have no interest in another year of thousands of New Mexicans eager to get to work and make their future in this industry being told ‘no,’ just because that’s easier than doing the hard work to get to ‘yes.’”

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NJ lawmakers advance latest cannabis fix (Newsletter: February 1, 2021) – Marijuana Moment

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