Reverend Charles Boyer Commends Senate Legislators on dedicating 70% of the Sales Tax to Impacted Communities

TRENTON, NJ — Following today’s introduction of an amended cannabis legalization bill in the New Jersey state legislature, Reverend Dr. Charles F. Boyer, founding director of Salvation and Social Justice, released the following statement:

“The Senate has shown they are committed to responding to the outcry from the community for reparative economic justice for the drug war.

It’s also critical that the bill do more to ensure that Black entrepreneurs have an equitable opportunity to succeed in the new cannabis market by developing explicit language that supports people from impacted communities to enter the market.

We look forward to the Assembly and Governor Murphy committing to these items as well. I am very encouraged that New Jersey is becoming more just by the moment.

We look forward to swift decriminalization, funding for expungements, and repair for the drug war through community investment.”

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