New Jersey lawmakers are considering a measure that would allow medical dispensaries to start selling adult-use cannabis without local approval.
Under a bill introduced Jan. 30 by Senate President Nicholas Scutari, D-22nd District, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission would no longer require medical-only dispensaries to undergo municipal review as a condition for conversion.
Ahead of the April 2022 launch of legalized adult-use sales, municipalities were given a choice to opt in – or out – of permitting cannabusinesses within their communities. Currently, only about a third of New Jersey's 564 towns allow some form of cannabis sales, whether recreational or medical.
State law also grants towns the ability to impose separate licensing or endorsement requirements when it comes to the number of legalized businesses, locations or times of operation.
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