Under discussion: caps on the number of growers, tax rates and where the tax money goes
It looks like lawmakers could be inching closer to finalizing the legal framework for recreational marijuana with yet another compromise now on the table: to remove a last-minute addition that would lower penalties for so-called magic mushrooms.
That proposed add-on derailed the vote on marijuana decriminalization and stalled talks between the Senate and the Assembly. What’s in the latest deal? Senior Correspondent David Cruz has the story.
Senior Correspondent David Cruz is the moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable. He's been a member of the NJ Spotlight News team since 2011 and has been covering New Jersey's biggest stories for almost 30 years. He's been a reporter and moderator of public affairs programs on television, radio and digital platforms for WBGO and WNYC radio and is the former editor in chief of the Hudson Reporter Newspaper group.