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What we can learn from other states
The rules and regulations on Cannabis in New Jersey are still being written.
Cannabis Commission has not even created rules for all classes of Cannabis business
Regulatory bodies in NJ have not created cannabis specific rules. Its all new. That's why most municipalities opted out, taking a wait and see approach
We went looking to states where the industry is more "mature". With a simple google search it is easy to find dozens of article on odor problems and states' attempts (largely unsuccessful) to define allowable odor levels and regulate those levels.
Easy to find articles on impact of chemical laden run off and states attempts to clean up the problems recreated.
Like NJ, it appears that early adopters states left control to local municipalities. When those local controls failed, states are now literally cleaning up.
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Lack of federal rules hampers local efforts
Recreational marijuana is not legal at the Federal level
Independent scientists and academics struggle get funding for unbiased factual research
Few peer reviewed scientific articles that we can rely on
States must be responsible for regulating things like waste water and air pollution (odor)
On this page we link to some of the more reliable sources and we can find including
Information from states with more mature cannabis markets
Peer reviewed articles
Standards Boards like the ones that regulate building codes
ARTICLES ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS INCUDING WATER AND ODOR
narrative review on cannabis environmental impacts.pdfEmissions from Cannabis production (1).pdfNCIA-Environmental-Policy-BMP-October-17-final.pdfCannabis-Program_BMPTF_20180814 background research.pdfHUNTERDON COUNTY IS A TARGET. FREE WATER AND NO MUNICIPAL SEWERS STANDARDS ARE ATTRACTIIVE
This is an article from NJ.com mostly behind a paywall.
"Chuckling, he also added that the non-urban nature of Hunterdon County means that there’s “fewer neighbors to worry about.....As opposed to a place where people will come out in droves, presumably for or against, here the population is manageable,” DeVeaux said.
