NJ’s recreational marijuana marketplace is open for business. Recreational sales of cannabis for adults 21 and older started Thursday, with the first alternative treatment centers opening early in the day.
By October 2021, these communities had opted in for either medical marijuana dispensaries or grow spots, or remain open to recreational pot business under state law.
Cases eligible under the Marijuana Decriminalization Law are expunged automatically, wiping them from the courts' public record and absolving past offenders from having to report their charges on job, housing, or college applications.
NJ Sen. Cory Booker is a co-sponsor of legislation along with NY Sen. Chuck Schumer that would decriminalize marijuana by removing it from the Controlled Substance Act. Cannabis could also then be regulated and taxed.