BREAKING: Proponents Forced to Cancel Legalization Vote in New Jersey Pot Industry Cannot Find the Votes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2019 Contact: Colton Grace Colton@learnaboutsam.org (864) 492-6719 (Trenton, NJ) – Despite exhaustive efforts by Governor Phil Murphy and Senate and Assembly leaders, legislative advocates of legal pot were forced to cancel a planned vote today on legal pot in New Jersey. The bill, a signature piece of Governor Phil Murphy’s legislative agenda, would have made New Jersey the first state to commercialize marijuana through the legislature, rather than through a ballot referendum. Moreover, the bill would …