After five police officers tested positive for cannabis, Jersey City says they could no longer carry firearms under federal law. New Jersey has not cleared up the legal conflict, so the city is suing.
“EarthE CBD” came under investigation starting in May, by a multi-level force involving municipal, county and state law enforcement, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
New Jersey now lets people legally buy marijuana by choice, and it must grudgingly allow more residents to legally carry guns due to a Supreme Court ruling.
Six senators, including U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, are stepping up their push to get President Joe Biden to reclassify cannabis and pardon people with convictions for nonviolent offenses related to the drug.
State regulators gave conditional approval to 81 more recreational marijuana businesses Thursday and approved a report being sent to the Legislature outlining suggestions for spending the state’s tax revenues from legal weed sales.