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Marijuana Possession

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Drug Bust at Fort Lee McDonald’s Leads to Arrest of Delaware Fugitive

Fort Lee police charged one man with pot possession after observing an alleged sale in a McDonald’s parking lot. In the process, police arrested an alleged fugitive from justice, authorities said.

Fort Lee police arrested two men Wednesday in connection with an alleged marijuana sale in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, charging one of the men with being a fugitive from justice, authorities said. Officer Timothy Cullen of the Fort Lee Narcotics Unit was patrolling the area near McDonald’s on Lemoine Avenue just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, when he spotted a Lexus RX with New Jersey plates pull up next to a Honda Accord with New York license plates that was parked in the restaurant’s parking lot, according to police. Cullen saw Dale Balderacchi, 20, of Ridgefield walk up to the passenger side of the Honda, where he allegedly took part in a "hand-to-hand transaction" with one of the occupants in the parked car, police said. When …

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Assembly Advances Marijuana Decriminalization Bill [POLL]

The measure would put New Jersey in line with 14 other states, including neighboring New York and Connecticut

New bipartisan legislation approved Monday, 7-0, would lead to the decriminalization of marijuana possession for 15 grams or less. It was sponsored by Assembly Democrat members Reed Gusciora, Bonnie Watson Coleman, L. Grace Spencer, Gordon M. Johnson and Peter Barnes III and Republican Michael Carroll. "This bill would put us in line with neighboring states like Connecticut and New York, which recently decriminalized marijuana possession," said Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon). "The bill recognizes the realities of our current drug laws, which are overly punitive for marijuana and taxing on our criminal justice system." Under the bill (A-1465), a person who is caught possessing 15 grams or less of marijuana would be subject to a fine rather …

mlc harris

10:26 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012

legalizes cannabis and hemp tax it and earmark it for education and heath care. this nation has spent over a trillion $ in the past 30Yr.! the time is now to end the war on Cannnabis for those that grow there own!   more ›

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