Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday named two appointees to a commission that will oversee the new legal cannabis industry in New Jersey.
The chair of the commission will be Dianna Houenou, associate counsel and senior policy adviser to the governor. She previously served as policy counsel for the ACLU-NJ.
And Jeff Brown, the current assistant commissioner of the Department of Health who oversees the medical cannabis program, will serve as the executive director of the commission.
“The legalization of adult use cannabis is a matter of social justice, economic justice and racial justice," Murphy said Friday during the announcement, noting he and his family had voted in favor of the question. “It is a matter of criminal justice reform. It is a matter of common sense.”
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