Legal sales of marijuana in New Jersey will begin April 21, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday.
Highlights
- People aged 21 and over in the state will be able to purchase cannabis and cannabis products without a medical card on that date.
- Voters approved the legal sale of marijuana in New Jersey in 2020, but the state has taken this long to establish the rules governing its sale and approve companies to sell it.
- Seven medical marijuana dispensaries in the Garden State were given the green light to sell recreational pot at 13 locations in a vote by the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission on April 11.
- Seven of those medical marijuana companies received the first licenses to sell marijuana at the first of its kind.
- Many more prospective recreational retailers are also trying to open in N.J.
- The Garden State has taken longer to establish rules governing the sale of pot.