A bill that would allow for the sale of limited numbers of syringes in pharmacies without a prescription moved along in its legislative journey yesterday, passing through the state Senate by a 28 to 12 vote. New Jersey remains only one of two states in the nation that has an outright ban on over-the-counter syringe [...]
Every county in New Jersey has set aside a room just like this one; a court guided by the idea that it is more cost-effective, efficient, and humane to treat drug users for their addiction than it is to incarcerate them.
The Independent’s offices will be closed Friday for the holiday; we’ll be back on Monday. We wish all of our readers a happy and safe holiday. – Missing Woman: A Jersey City private investigation firm is taking up the search for a missing Jersey City woman who was thought to be among the remains of [...]
In July 2009, the tiny McGinley Square thoroughfare known as Reed Street was the scene of a deadly shootout that claimed the life of two suspects and JCPD detective Marc DiNardo. Although the street stretches barely 400 feet in length between Monticello and Bergen Avenues, it has long been plagued by the drug trade. And [...]
- Menendez Celebrates Social Security in HudCo: U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez joined Hoboken seniors and other advocates yesterday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of social security in the United States and emphasize that it must be preserved in the future. – ‘Mr. Hudson County’: 94-year-old attorney Lester Miller “is a formidable presence in the Jersey [...]
Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey board member Chris Goldstein Representatives from area marijuana-law reform groups gathered today in front of City Hall to protest a delay in implementing the state’s newly minted medical marijuana law. The law, which former Gov. Corzine signed on his last day in office, is intended to make it possible [...]
As potheads all over the globe celebrate their unofficial yearly holiday today (420, bro!), New Jersey tokers who need the weed for serious illness are close to being able to smoke legally, with the state having become the 14th state in the country to pass a medical marijuana bill back in January. New Jersey officials [...]
- City Floats More Bonds: The City Council has approved the issuance of $7.9 million in bonds to pay for residents’ successful property tax appeals. While the council was nearly unanimous in approving the bill (Ward E councilman Steven Fulop voted no), many residents criticized the practice of taking on extra debt. (For more on [...]
- Local, state and federal cops say they disrupted a violent drug network with a six-month operation dubbed “Operation Wetlands.” The investigation came to a head with early morning raids yesterday that reportedly netted 46 people, including the 18-year-old Jersey City man who was shot in the face by an undercover cop earlier this year. [...]
A bill that would make New Jersey the 14th state to allow patients with debilitating medical conditions to use marijuana to relieve severe pain will be considered on Monday. “I don’t think we should make criminals out of our very sick and terminally ill,” says Mercer County Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, a primary sponsor of the [...]
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