Advocates to Testify at Assembly
Marijuana Legalization Hearing March 5

Contact:
Elizabeth Ruebman, NJUMR, elizabethr@amplifyinc.org, 917-628-1330

Members of the New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform (NJUMR) steering committee will testify before the Assembly Oversight, Reform, and Federal Relations Committee on Monday, March 1, at an informational hearing on marijuana legalization.

In addition, advocates from throughout New Jersey, as well as from other states, will testify on the social justice and racial justice issues that make legalization so urgent for New Jersey. Despite similar usage rates, Black New Jerseyans are arrested for marijuana possession at a rate approximately three times higher than white New Jerseyans.

What:
Hearing before the Assembly Oversight, Reform, and Federal Relations Committee on marijuana legalization.

When:
Monday, March 5, 2018, 1 p.m.

Witnesses from NJUMR:

• Amol Sinha, ACLU-NJ Executive Director
• R. Todd Edwards, NAACP New Jersey State Conference Political Action Chairman
• Dr. David Nathan, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation Founder and President

Where:
Committee Room 11, 4th Floor
State House Annex
125 W. State Street
Trenton, NJ

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