South Jersey towns rush to ban pot despite NJ voters overwhelmingly supporting it | Local News

“We don’t allow alcohol sales, we shouldn’t,” Councilor Karen Bergman said after she voted to ban marijuana in the city.

In practice, adult cannabis enforcement at the resort is similar – anyone over 21 who comes into town with a six-pack of beer or a bag of weed to consume at home is completely legal.

In contrast to Ocean City, Atlantic City has accepted the recovery pot and its financial benefits. The city, which has a medical dispensary on the boardwalk and a planned second location, also expects to claim a 2% tax that the city can impose on the sale of cannabis products.

“The state should consider the opportunities that may arise from new initiatives, including the legalization of recreational marijuana, as potential sources of political and financial support for efforts to restart and restore Atlantic City,” it said The resort’s path to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in a state-issued report.

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Local governments’ rapid resistance to recreational marijuana could be rooted in some who view it as a “gateway drug” and the stigma associated with it, political analysts said.

“It’s kind of unique. You don’t see too many illegal products becoming legal, ”said John Froonjian, executive director of the William J. Hughes Center for Public Order at Stockton University. “I think it’s the link between substance abuse and the decades-long war on drugs that dates back to the 1930s movie ‘Reefer Madness’.”