cannabis regulatory commission

New Jersey residents have until Sept. 30 to provide input on proposed updates to the rules for the state's legal marijuana marketplace from the Cannabis Regulatory Commission.

The Cannabis Regulatory Commission does give priority to applications to businesses that would be owned by women, minorities, disabled veterans, or those with expunged marijuana convictions, but once a conditional license is granted, the money isn't always there.

State regulators gave conditional approval to 81 more recreational marijuana businesses Thursday and approved a report being sent to the Legislature outlining suggestions for spending the state’s tax revenues from legal weed sales.

Half of the 14 new licenses for medical marijuana went to businesses in Central Jersey. Four of 14 would grow and sell at dispensaries. Ten are cultivators.

The state is prepping to launch an application process for new marijuana licenses – but still hasn't chosen winners from a 2019 solicitation.

Towns have the ultimate say over whether marijuana businesses are allowed locally and many are already blocking them, at least temporarily. A related debate is percolating over how much more say the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission should yield to local governments.

Except for one research scientist, a parade of advocates urged the state to allow high-potency edibles and concentrates to be sold at New Jersey dispensaries.