It has been nearly 17 months since voters legalized recreational marijuana but sales haven't begun. An expected vote on a start date was delayed last week.
State regulators put off a planned vote Thursday on allowing some medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling to recreational users, which probably delays the start of legal adult-use sales until summer.
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.
You will soon be able to go into a store in New Jersey and purchase marijuana cookies, brownies, or a bag of pot to smoke. But businesses are still unclear about the rules and regulations that will be in place for their employees.
With a legal market for recreational marijuana poised to launch in the Garden State, multiple groups are calling on Gov. Phil Murphy to go even further with loosening restrictions related to cannabis.
New Jersey is still probably months away from legal sales of recreational marijuana, but regulators are already considering whether to loosen rules that bar any edibles such as brownies and cookies.