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Miguel Brito attends a marijuana legalization rally in front of the State House in Trenton in October.

(Star-Ledger File Photo)

Gov. Chris Christie has already gone on record as saying he's against the legalization of recreation marijuana.

That's not deterring a group of activists who this week launched a coalition called "New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform that is advocating legalizing the use of pot in the Garden State.

Members of the group include ACLU-New Jersey, NAACP State Conference of New Jersey, and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

The group claims that the time police officers spend on making 21,000 marijuana-related arrests each year could instead be used on more serious crimes and that pot arrests disproportionately target black residents.



The group also has the backing of Jon-Henry Barr, president of the N.J. Municipal Prosecutors Association.

The quantity of marijuana each adult would be allowed to have would also likely be limited, the group said.

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