NJ cannabis commission gets going, picks vice chair, logo

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jerseys new Cannabis Regulatory Commission on Monday inched toward setting up the recreational marijuana market, holding its first meeting, at which it picked a vice chair and a logo. Phil Murphy has said could be a six-month period until recreational marijuana hits the market. Chair Dianna Houenou said it will take several weeks for staff to be hired and procedures to be developed. The commission voted to confirm commissioner Sam Delgado, a former Verizon executive, as vice chair. Under law Murphy signed in February, the commission must establish regulations for the new recreational marijuana marketplace that voters ratified in an overwhelming vote in November.