While marijuana sales are now legal — there are already warnings that not everyone should partake. Local municipalities say they don’t want their police officers using cannabis when they are off-duty. In Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop says police officers will be dismissed if they test positive for marijuana. Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis also supports a ban on police officers using pot and says he will issue a directive soon. And the Newark City council is urging Mayor Ras Baraka to issue a ban as well.
There’s a rising tension between local towns and the Murphy administration to add a patch to the cannabis law making it illegal for off-duty officers to light up.
