The state is working through nearly 1,200 license applications for marijuana businesses. About one-fourth have conditional approval, none have final OK.
The Apothecarium in Lodi is open for medical and recreational business along Route 17 — next door to the strip club that was the "Bada Bing" in the iconic HBO series.
The number of New Jersey dispensaries expanding beyond medical marijuana patients, to include adult use cannabis, has been slowly on the rise since spring.
It's ultimately up to the Legislature and Gov. Phil Murphy, but the Cannabis Regulatory Commission has suggestions for the social equity excise fee money.
AT 7 p.m. Thursday, New Jersey 101.5 is presenting the latest in a series of Town Hall broadcasts. "Growing Weed in the Garden State" will explore how the legal adult-use marijuana industry is impacting New Jersey.