Share/Save 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 [...]
Share/SaveAs part of the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate, the Jersey City Housing Authority is set to receive $300,000 for its Drug Elimination Program. The program has a dual purpose: to help make the most dangerous Housing Authority sites safer and to improve the relationship between residents and [...]
Share/Save- Ward B councilman Phil Kenny officially tendered his resignation yesterday, one day after pleading guilty in federal court to accepting bribes. Meanwhile, Kenny’s campaign treasurer says the dirty money in question has been donated to charity. – A probe into a drug ring operating out of a Varick Street restaurant has led to 17 [...]
Share/Save- As expected, the autopsy of Carlos Orlando Quinones ruled his death a homicide. Eight teens are charged in the beating death, and the prosecutor’s office is likely to treat some of them as adults. – A late-April groundbreaking has been set for the first project within the Monticello Avenue Redevelopment Plan Area. The project [...]
Share/Save Despite the strenuous efforts of numerous organizations and individuals over the last decade, New Jersey has managed to become the only state in the country that does not provide for legal access to clean syringes for intravenous drug users. Empty rhetoric and senseless stonewalling have prevented the institution of a measure that is proven [...]
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