New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie recently admitted that the war on drugs has been a “failure” in a speech at The Brooking Institution. From Huffington Post: “The war on drugs, while well-intentioned, has been a failure,” Christie said Monday during a speech at The Brookings Institution. “We’re warehousing addicted people everyday in state prisons in New [...]

A bill to reduce the penalties for minor marijuana possession in New Jersey won unanimous bipartisan approval in the Assembly Judiciary Committee yesterday. The vote on A1465 was 7-0, with five Democrats and two Republican on the committee voting to move the bill forward.  Having cleared the committee, the bill could get a vote before [...]

A majority — 55 percent — of registered voters in New Jersey agree that all the penalties related to possessing a small amount of marijuana should be completely eliminated, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll (PDF). Only 40 percent of voters think there should be at least some penalties for possession of small amounts. Penalties [...]

As a result of threats from the President Obama’s Department of Justice, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee (I) has finally decided not to let the state license its three planned medical marijuana dispensaries. From Providence Journal: In a four-paragraph news release, Chafee said it “has been a difficult decision,” but he said he felt that [...]

In a surprisingly positive development on Tuesday, New Jersey Republican Governor, Chris Christie, said he would allow implementation of the state’s medical marijuana law to begin. From NJ.com: Gov. Chris Christie Tuesday said he will order state officials to quickly implement New Jersey’s medical marijuana program, a move growers say could allow the drug to [...]