Gov. Phil Murphy’s plan to legalize recreational marijuana for New Jersey adults has once again stalled in Trenton, but Murphy has pledged to keep fighting, and Senate President Steve Sweeney has said, “The legalization of adult-use marijuana will get passed in the state of New Jersey one way or another.”
Even so, it isn’t as if pot isn’t already being smoked aplenty in the state. And, unfortunately, many people are still using opioids despite knowing they are risking their very lives by doing…
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