Legal Opinion
Town Tobacconist v. Kimmelman
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 19, 1983PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
WILENTZ, C.J.
The statute before us, New Jersey’s Drug Paraphernalia Act, N.J.S.A. 24:21 — 46 to -53, seeks to criminalize “head shops,” to put them out of business. It has never been enforced, the parties having consented to an injunction against such enforcement pending the outcome of this appeal. Given the illegal conduct on which these stores thrive, the attainment of the goal of the statute is clearly within the power of the Legislature. The question is whether the means selected by the Legislature to achieve that goal are constitutional. We hold…
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