"Ciattarelli said in a debate that he supported decriminalization but opposed adult-use legalization. 'We could have addressed social injustice with the decriminalization of marijuana, not the approval of recreational marijuana,' he said." (9/22/25)

"Ciattarelli supports allowing home grows for medical cannabis purposes only, adding that in considering adult-use home cultivation, he wouldn't want to take 'the carpet out from beneath the feet of people who’ve invested a whole lot of money because the Murphy administration failed to consider this particular dynamic.'" (9/22/25)