N.J. legal weed was a success this summer, but report warns there still aren’t enough stores

Recreational weed sales begin in New Jersey on April 21, 2022

People wait in line outside TerrAscend’s The Apothecarium in Phillipsburg before the dispensary opens its doors to recreational cannabis sales on April 21, 2022. By most accounts, New Jersey's first summer offering adult weed was a success, but the state could use more stores, according to a recent report. Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com

National cannabis companies who set up shop in New Jersey for the launch of legalized adult weed did just fine meeting the new demand this summer.

But an industry report published earlier this month warned that the state’s restricted number of stores could hurt its growth and ability to move consumers from the illicit weed market to the legalized one in the long run.


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