New Jersey is one of just two legal marijuana states that do not allow marijuana to be cultivated for personal use, but Governor Phil Murphy (D) is open to changing that.
In a recent interview with local outlet New 12 New Jersey, Governor Murphy was asked about legalizing personal marijuana cultivation and he said “I’m very much open-minded to this.”
Murphy said “I would bet, if I were a betting man, that down the road that that’s exactly where this would land”.
Murphy did say that he understands why home grow “wasn’t in our initial regs, because I think there’s a rightful objective to get this industry up on its feet and make sure that the folks who are in this as a matter of commerce are successful and, again, with a huge amount of focus on equity.”
Murphy continued: “Social justice is how I got here to begin with, to support it. What we’ve done, by the way, has gone really well. We just haven’t done enough. We’ve just got to do more, get this more proliferated.” Murphy says once the industry is “up on its feet, and it is getting there”, home grow will be “back on the table”
Governor Murphy gave no indication of when such a change to the state’s law could take place, or what the grow limits might be.
