MARCH/APRIL/MAY 2018 New Jersey legalizes recreational marijuana via legislature within first 100 days of Governor Phil Murphy’s tenure
Amplitude: Positive
Duration: Long
Significance: MAJOR with a capital MJ -- 9
Direct: Unless Delaware beats it to the punch, New Jersey would become the first state to pass commercial recreational legalization of cannabis through the legislature. Cultivation, production and dispensary licenses are included in bill
Indirect: Proves that Massachusetts was no fluke, now two bigtime northeast states are full-on legal New Jersey would handily become the 2nd largest state by population to legalize adult use MJ Has great potential to trigger a state legislative tsunami of recreational cannabis in 2018 as Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Delaware follow suit -- all three could legalize by year end, with Delaware being the favorite to be next New Jersey and New York are attached at the hip and the discussion around recreational legalization in New York’s legislature will increase significantly (though I don’t expect NY to pass recreational until 2019) The close geographic proximity to the financial epicenter of America will attract serious money interested in investing in New Jersey MJ The population density of the NY/NJ metropolitan area is massive and citizens from surrounding states (New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania) would make the size of the NJ cannabis market absolutely enormous – this also incentivizes those neighboring states to get their asses in gear on legislation lest they lose out on tax money to Jersey cannabis Takes the baton from California and intensifies the drumbeat of pressure on Congress to reschedule cannabis
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