Wall Resident Arrested For Marijuana.
Wall- Police officers arrested a Wall resident, age 32, on Tuesday for N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10, possession less than 50 grams of marijuana and N.J.S.A. 2C:36-2 drug paraphernalia. Police arrested the man at around 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The police allegedly were responding to a report of a suspicious person on or about 18th Avenue. The article was unclear as to how the police found the marijuana and paraphernalia. As set forth in the illegal search category of this blog, if the stop was not based upon a reasonable and articulable suspicion and there was no probable cause to search the individual or his property, the Wall resident could have the drugs and paraphernalia suppressed in court.
Should marijuana even be illegal? We've all heard the arguments, but really think about it. NORML likens the illegality of marijuana to prohibition in the early 1900s Cliche argument, but one that holds merit.