One Year After New Jersey Legalized Cannabis For Adult-Use, Still No Legal Sales
“There’s a level of frustration here at the commission”
One year ago Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the law legalizing the adult use of recreational marijuana in New Jersey – but don’t run out to a state-regulated dispensary to celebrate.
Sales still haven’t begun though could be getting close. Applications for new recreational retailers will begin to be accepted by the state next month, starting a months-long review process, but sales are going to begin first at medical marijuana dispensaries that get certified for an expansion.
When that will happen remains to be seen. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission meets on Thursday but doesn’t have the recreational expansions on its agenda. At the CRC’s late January meeting, executive director Jeff Brown said most of the certifications still had “major deficiencies” still being resolved.
“And the one that pops up over and over and over again and by far is the most prevalent is a lack of municipal approval,” Brown said.
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