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New Jersey Legal Weed
It has been a year and a half since New Jersey residents had voted to legalize the use of recreational marijuana in the state. The New Jersey State Commission has finally granted seven medical marijuana companies permission to start selling cannabis to all adults (21 and over) at the thirteen regulated dispensaries. New Jersey is now the second state on the east coast to fully authorize the use of cannabis by adults for recreational use. In years prior, medical-marijuana dispensaries were only permitted to sell the substance with written doctor approval to be used as medicine only. This change in policy opens the door for recreational use by adults and revenue through tax dollars for the state. In addition, growers, laborers, and dispensaries will reap profits from this new venture.
The seven companies now enrolled in the program need to pay upwards of one million dollars each in fees connected with expanded licenses and specific requirements through the NJ government for final approval. “The path to get there does not have to be any specific length of time,” said Jeff Brown, executive director of the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission. “It doesn’t have to be 30 days. It can be less. It can be more.”
The medical marijuana companies in New Jersey are permitted to operate three dispensaries. The specific companies that are now able to begin selling marijuana to all adults (21…
