Customers wait to have their orders filled at a RISE dispensary that opened at 6 a.m. in Bloomfield, N.J., Thursday, April 21, 2022. Recreational sales of cannabis for adults 21 and older generated $1.9 million on opening day. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) APAP
The opening of New Jersey’s legal weed industry at a dozen stores statewide last Thursday drew more than 12,000 customers, exceeding expectations, the panel that green-lighted the launch said Wednesday.
The state’s 12 participating dispensaries sold cannabis and cannabis products to 12,438 recreational cannabis customers for a total gross sale of nearly $1.9 million, according to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission.
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