New Jersey Democratic lawmakers killed legislation that would legalize recreational cannabis sales, and for the second time already this year. This action effectively stops any chance of Governor Phil Murphy delivering on a primary campaign promise any time before at least 2021. Instead, legislators now want to put the recreational use question on next year’s ballot, giving voters the opportunity to decide. Will New Jersey Ever Have Legal Weed? The resolution, introduced on Monday, needs to pass both houses of Legislature by a one-fifth majority in a single year or by basic majorities in consecutive years, if it is going to make it onto the ballot. In a joint statement with lead sponsor of the now dead legalization bill, Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union,) Senate President Steve Sweeney said: “We made further attempts to generate additional support in the Senate to get this done legislatively, but we recognize that the votes …