Legal weed vote could be next month, for sure.

Marijuana legalization in New Jersey could happen as soon as next month, or it could be much later.

But the lawmaker behind the legal weed bill said it was not a matter of if — but a matter of when — legalization happens in the state.

At an event hosted by NJ Cannabis Insider, state Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, said that the goal is to try to have a legal weed vote in May, but that it would only happen if the votes were in place. If not, he said, the vote would be delayed again.

Last week, a vote on legalization was canceled because there wasn’t enough support in the state Senate for the bill. In the days after, lawmakers and the governor said they were now aiming to hold the vote in May.
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