People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, particularly veterans who've served since 9/11, can now qualify for medical marijuana in New Jersey.
Right now, poor districts get lots of aid, and some spend lots of money — but so do plenty of the richest districts in New Jersey, who'd get huge relief under Christie's plan.
Lawmakers renew a bid to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of medical conditions that qualify someone to receive medical marijuana in New Jersey.
Coming in with the second-highest yearly total on record, New Jersey in 2014 saw 24,689 marijuana possession arrests, according to the latest crime statistics.
"A student may feel like they're giving consent (but) it's an improper relationship to begin with," the bill's sponsor says. "There are times when a student would be in a position where they feel like they can't say no."
One New Jersey lawmaker thinks legalizing marijuana in Atlantic City could help spur an economic upswing at a time when the city continues to struggle by job and revenue loses from the closures of four casinos in 2014.
On Thursday, one day after the mass shootings in Southern California that killed 14 people, New Jersey Assembly members from both sides of the political aisle invoked or at least referenced the tragedy as they debated an override attempt of Gov. Christie’s veto of a gun control bill that would make it more difficult for mentally ill people to buy a gun.
Are you obligated to pay child support and feel as though it will never end? Three lawmakers in New Jersey want a law that clearly defines an age at which the legal end for child support is triggered.