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TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to expand patients’ access to medical marijuana.
But patients will need to pay, and pay dearly.
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The State of New Jersey already suffers for having among the most expensive medical marijuana markets in the country. So are Democrats really interested in social justice? Or making a fast buck on some of the Garden State’s most vulnerable residents?
Assemblyman John DiMaio (R-23), the GOP’s budget officer, fought on the floor for a tax waiver. Unsurprisingly, a motion to exempt medical pot from the state sales tax failed, 45-27.
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