Data as of 2025-12-31

New Jersey

New Jersey voters approved adult-use cannabis by ballot question on November 3, 2020; legal sales began 534 days later, on April 21, 2022. By the close of calendar-year 2025 the state had reached $1,164,220,150 in combined legal sales — $1,118,003,986 adult-use and $46,216,164 medical — up 7.4 percent over 2024. That works out to $121.9 in legal sales per resident. The market is large and still growing, though the rate of growth has slowed from the triple-digit expansion of its first full years. On the supply side, the state has awarded 548 cultivator licenses; 46 are operational, an activation rate of 8.4 percent. It has awarded 1,360 retail licenses; 272 are operational, a rate of 20.0 percent. The pipeline is dominated by conditional licenses that have not converted to operating businesses. Where businesses may operate is set by municipal control: 211 of New Jersey's 564 municipalities, 37.4 percent, permit at least one class of cannabis business. Retail prices are declining; the regulator attributes the drop to increased supply and competition as cultivation capacity expands. Medical sales have fallen every year since adult-use launch, from $226 million in 2022 to $46 million in 2025, as patients migrated to the recreational channel.

Market

Licensing & Market

New Jersey has awarded 548 cultivator licenses and 1,360 retail licenses. Of those, 46 cultivators and 272 retailers are operational — activation rates of 8.4 percent and 20.0 percent respectively. There are 4.8 operating cultivators per million residents. There are 2.8 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. The gap between awarded and operational is structural rather than incidental; the license pipeline is dominated by conditional licenses that have not converted to operating businesses, gated in large part by local control. There is no statewide license cap — the 37-cultivator cap expired on February 22, 2023 — and licenses are transferable. Vertical integration is permitted with restrictions: since February 2023 a single holder may hold one license in each of the cultivator, manufacturer, retailer, and delivery classes. At least one owner of an applicant must have resided in New Jersey for two years. Municipal opt-in governs where businesses may operate: 211 of 564 municipalities (37.4 percent) allow at least one class of cannabis business. The standard applicant submission fee is $400 for both cultivators and retailers; the retailer annual license fee is $10,000. The state tracks product through Metrc.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded 548 [8]
Cultivator licenses operational 46 [9]
Cultivator activation rate 8.4% [10]
Operating cultivators per million 4.8 [11]
Retail licenses awarded 1360 [12]
Retail licenses operational 272 [13]
Retail activation rate 20% [14]
Dispensaries per 100k 2.8 [15]
Vertical integration allowed with restrictions [16]
License caps exist No [17]
Licenses transferable Yes [18]
Residency required Yes [19]
Residency duration (months) 24 [20]
Municipalities allowing 211 [21]
Municipalities total 564 [22]
Municipal opt-in rate 37.4% [23]
Track-and-trace system Metrc [24]
Cultivator application fee $400 [25]
Cultivator annual fee Not available in the public record —
Retail application fee $400 [26]
Retail annual fee $10,000 [27]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

Adults 21 and over may possess up to 6 ounces of cannabis. Home cultivation is not permitted — CREAMMA created no personal-grow exception, and growing cannabis remains a crime. Per-transaction purchases are capped at the equivalent of 1 ounce of usable flower; the state publishes no separate statutory sub-limits for concentrates or edibles. All major product forms are legal, including dried flower, concentrates, vape formulations, tinctures, topicals, lozenges, soft chews, and shelf-stable foods. Delivery is legal under a dedicated Class 6 license and is operational, though the state does not publish a standalone count of operating delivery services. Consumption lounges are authorized; the first endorsements were approved in July 2025, with at least two open as of August 2025.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed No [28]
Home grow plant limit Not available in the public record —
Possession limit (oz) 6 [29]
Delivery legal Yes [30]
Delivery operational Yes [31]
Consumption lounges legal Yes [32]
Consumption lounges count 2 [33]
Purchase limit, flower (oz) 1 [34]
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) Not available in the public record —
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) Not available in the public record —
All product forms legal Yes [35]
Restricted product forms Not available in the public record —
Taxes

Taxation

New Jersey imposes no percentage excise tax on cannabis. Retail sales carry the standard 6.625 percent Sales and Use Tax, and municipalities may add a local cannabis transfer tax capped at 2 percent — a maximum combined consumer rate of 8.625 percent. The only cannabis-specific state levy is the per-ounce Social Equity Excise Fee, paid by cultivators rather than charged as a percentage at retail. Medical cannabis has been fully Sales-Tax-exempt since July 1, 2022. The tax burden has moved in two directions since legalization: the consumer-facing medical rate fell to zero, while the per-ounce SEEF on cultivators rose from $1.24 to $2.50 between 2024 and 2025. Recreational Sales and Use Tax generated $67,509,470 in 2025 — $7.07 per resident. The SEEF raised an additional $10,966,394 in the same year, tracked separately.

Field Value Source
Excise tax 0% [36]
Excise tax type none [37]
Sales tax 6.625% [38]
Wholesale tax Not available in the public record —
Potency tax exists No [39]
Potency tax, flower Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, concentrate Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, edibles Not available in the public record —
Local tax (max) 2% [40]
Local tax (typical) Not available in the public record —
Total effective rate 8.625% [41]
Medical tax exempt Yes [42]
Medical tax rate Not available in the public record —
Annual tax revenue $67,509,470 [43]
Tax revenue per capita $7.07 [44]
Tax changed since legalization Yes [45]
Tax direction decreased [46]
Operators

Operator Data

Total legal sales reached $1,164,220,150 in calendar-year 2025, of which $1,118,003,986 was adult-use. Year-over-year growth was 7.4 percent, down from the triple-digit expansion of the market's first full years. Sales per resident were $121.9. Retail prices are declining: the regulator attributes the drop to increased supply and market competition as cultivation capacity expands. New Jersey publishes no public wholesale price index, so wholesale-level price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public records — those figures are available only through proprietary data not used here. The state does not publish a clean public count of license attrition or peak-versus-current cultivation licenses. What the public record shows is a high-revenue market reaching its growth plateau while the operational supply base remains thin relative to the licenses awarded.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend Not available in the public record —
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) $229 [47]
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales $1,164,220,150 [48]
Adult-use sales $1,118,003,986 [68]
Per-capita sales $117.61 [49]
YoY sales growth 7.4% [69]
License attrition (count) Not available in the public record —
License attrition Not available in the public record —
Peak cultivation licenses Not available in the public record —
Current cultivation licenses Not available in the public record —
Outcomes

Consumer Data

New Jersey residents purchased $121.9 of legal cannabis per capita in 2025, served by 2.8 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. Retail prices are declining as supply expands and competition increases. The state publishes no estimate of legal-market capture — the share of total consumption met by licensed retailers versus the unregulated market — so the degree to which legal supply has displaced the legacy market cannot be stated from public sources.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales $117.61 [49]
Dispensaries per 100k 2.8 [15]
Legal market capture Not available in the public record —
Legal capture source Not available in the public record —
Retail price trend declining [50]
Equity

Equity Programs

Social equity is built into New Jersey's licensing design through priority scoring for Impact Zone, Diversely Owned, and Social Equity businesses, a $200,000 income cap for conditional applicants, and a microbusiness set-aside. Among the 397 operational businesses reported at the end of 2025, 58.9 percent had a majority owner who was not white. The state does not publish a clean count of equity-designated licenses that are operational, nor a verified figure for women-owned share. The Social Equity Excise Fee generates a dedicated fund, but disbursement of that fund rests with the Legislature rather than the regulator. In its report titled "Recommendations to the Legislature for Social Equity Investment," the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, citing the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, reports that excise-fee funds for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 had not been disbursed as of March 2025, against a fund balance of $5.129 million; the Commission's role here is to report the balance and recommend investment to the Legislature. Expungement has moved faster. New Jersey automatically expunges eligible cannabis cases without application, and the Judiciary has processed more than 362,000 cannabis and hashish cases since July 1, 2021.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists Yes [51]
Equity program type Priority scoring for Impact Zone, Diversely Owned, and Social Equity businesses. Income cap ($200K) for conditional applicants. Microbusiness set-aside. [52]
Equity licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses operational Not available in the public record —
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists Yes [53]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership 58.9% [54]
Women ownership Not available in the public record —
Community reinvestment Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [55]
Expungement automatic Yes [56]
Expungements processed 362000 [57]
Income cap for equity $200,000 [58]
Enforcement

Enforcement

New Jersey tracks regulated product seed-to-sale through Metrc. Beyond the tracking system, the state does not publish the operational metrics of enforcement as public figures: inspection counts, enforcement actions against licensees, illicit-market enforcement actions, regulatory budget and staffing, mandatory testing analytes, per-batch testing cost, product recalls, and the fine schedule are not available in the public record. This section is therefore largely NOT_AVAILABLE — not because enforcement does not occur, but because the regulator does not report these figures in a form that can be sourced for a public reference.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system Metrc [24]
Inspections per year Not available in the public record —
Enforcement actions (licensees) Not available in the public record —
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions Not available in the public record —
Regulatory budget Not available in the public record —
Regulatory staff Not available in the public record —
Mandatory testing analytes Not available in the public record —
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (min) Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (max) Not available in the public record —
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

CREAMMA, signed in 2021, reduced cannabis penalties across the board. Possession of 6 ounces or less is no longer an offense, and odor alone can no longer establish reasonable suspicion for a stop or search. No penalties were increased after legalization; the net direction is lighter. Possession above the 6-ounce limit — roughly 170 grams — is a fourth-degree crime carrying up to 18 months and a fine up to $25,000. Unlicensed cultivation and sale are charged by plant count and weight under the manufacture-and-distribution statute, where the maximum tier — 50 or more plants, or 25 pounds or more — is a first-degree crime carrying 10 to 20 years and a fine up to $300,000. New Jersey sets no per se THC blood limit for impaired driving, relying instead on an impairment and Drug Recognition Expert standard. Eligible cannabis records are expunged automatically. Post-legalization arrest counts and racial disparity ratios are not asserted here: the only available series is secondary federal data that undercounts, and is preserved in the underlying time-series rather than stated as a figure.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Charged by plant count under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b): 50+ plants first-degree (10-20 years); 10-49 plants second-degree (5-10 years); under 10 plants / 1 oz-5 lbs third-degree (3-5 years) [59]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale First-degree crime, 10-20 years imprisonment and up to $300,000 fine (25 lbs or more, or 50+ plants); second-degree (5-25 lbs or 10-49 plants), 5-10 years [60]
Felony threshold (grams) 170 [61]
Felony threshold type possession [62]
Penalty, possession over limit Fourth-degree crime (possession over 6 oz), up to 18 months imprisonment and up to $25,000 fine [63]
Penalty, public consumption Not available in the public record —
DUI per se limit (ng) Not available in the public record —
DUI zero tolerance No [64]
Penalties increased post-legalization No [65]
Penalty direction lighter [66]
Penalty direction details CREAMMA (2021) decriminalized possession up to 6 oz, eliminated arrest/stop based on odor, created a civil-penalty framework for public consumption [67]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) Not available in the public record —
Racial disparity ratio Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [55]
Expungement automatic Yes [56]

Sources

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: New Jersey https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NJ
  2. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau / USPS standard abbreviation for New Jersey https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NJ
  3. ↑ Most recent data point = calendar-year 2025 close. NJ-CRC Cannabis Sales Totals Q4 2025 (Treasury-certified, full CY2025) and NJ-CRC Benchmark Data Q4 2025 (dated 12/24/2025) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Rec%20Med%20sales%20Q4%2025%201.pdf
  4. ↑ [SECONDARY] 2020 New Jersey Public Question 1 passed November 3, 2020 (constitutional amendment effective Jan 1, 2021; CREAMMA signed Feb 22, 2021) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_New_Jersey_Public_Question_1
  5. ↑ NJ-CRC — adult-use cannabis sales began April 21, 2022 https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/news-events/20220414a.shtml
  6. ↑ CALC: first sale (2022-04-21) minus legalization vote (2020-11-03) = 534 days.
  7. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimate for New Jersey = 9,548,215 (July 1, 2025) https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NJ
  8. ↑ NJ-CRC Applicant Demographic Data Q4 2025 — Class 1 Cultivator awards grand total = 548 (55 annual + 109 conversion-to-annual + 384 conditional) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Applicant%20Demographic%20Data%20Q4%202025.pdf
  9. ↑ NJ-CRC Benchmark Data Q4 2025 (dated 12/24/2025), Operational Businesses — Class 1 Cultivator = 46 https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Benchmark%20Data%20Q4%202025.pdf
  10. ↑ CALC: 46 operational / 548 awarded × 100 = 8.4%.
  11. ↑ CALC: 46 operational / (9,548,215 / 1,000,000) = 4.8.
  12. ↑ NJ-CRC Applicant Demographic Data Q4 2025 — Class 5 Retailer awards grand total = 1,360 (163 annual + 262 conversion + 935 conditional) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Applicant%20Demographic%20Data%20Q4%202025.pdf
  13. ↑ NJ-CRC Benchmark Data Q4 2025 (dated 12/24/2025), Operational Businesses — Class 5 Retailer = 272 https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Benchmark%20Data%20Q4%202025.pdf
  14. ↑ CALC: 272 operational / 1,360 awarded × 100 = 20.0%.
  15. ↑ CALC: 272 operational retailers / (9,548,215 / 100,000) = 2.8.
  16. ↑ NJ-CRC (Feb 9, 2023) — after Feb 22, 2023 a license holder may hold cultivator, manufacturer, retailer, and delivery licenses at the same time (one of each class) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/news-events/20230209.shtml
  17. ↑ N.J.A.C. 17:30-6.1 — the 37-cultivator cap was allowed to expire Feb 22, 2023 (NJ-CRC confirmed); no active statewide license cap https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/news-events/20230209.shtml
  18. ↑ NJ-CRC Fee Schedule — 'Majority Ownership Change' fee applies whenever a license-holder transfers more than 50% ownership; ownership transfer is permitted (N.J.A.C. 17:30) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/rules/CRC%20Fee%20Schedule.pdf
  19. ↑ N.J.A.C. 17:30-7.11(a) — at least one owner of the applicant must have resided in New Jersey https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-17-30-7-11
  20. ↑ N.J.A.C. 17:30-7.11(a) — 'resided in this State for at least two years' (= 24 months) for at least one owner https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-17-30-7-11
  21. ↑ NJ-CRC '2025 in Review' (Feb 6, 2026) — 211 municipalities had allowed at least one class of cannabis business by the end of 2025 https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/highpoints/20260206.shtml
  22. ↑ [SECONDARY] New Jersey has 564 municipalities (NJ Dept of Community Affairs; List of municipalities in New Jersey) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_New_Jersey
  23. ↑ CALC: 211 allowing / 564 total × 100 = 37.4%.
  24. ↑ [SECONDARY] NJ-CRC selected Metrc as the statewide seed-to-sale tracking system https://www.metrc.com/partner/new-jersey/
  25. ↑ NJ-CRC Fee Schedule / N.J.A.C. 17:30-7.17 — annual standard applicant submission fee = $400 (of a $2,000 total; $1,600 due on approval) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/rules/CRC%20Fee%20Schedule.pdf
  26. ↑ NJ-CRC Fee Schedule / N.J.A.C. 17:30-7.17 — annual standard applicant submission fee = $400 (of a $2,000 total) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/rules/CRC%20Fee%20Schedule.pdf
  27. ↑ NJ-CRC Fee Schedule — Class 5 Retailer standard annual licensing fee = $10,000 (microbusiness $1,000) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/rules/CRC%20Fee%20Schedule.pdf
  28. ↑ N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5 — CREAMMA created no personal-cultivation exception; home grow remains a crime in New Jersey https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/CREAMM%20Act.PDF
  29. ↑ N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a) — possession of 6 oz or less of marijuana is not an offense; NJ OAG Marijuana Reference Card https://www.nj.gov/oag/marijuana/docs/MJ_Reference_Card_3.8.21.pdf
  30. ↑ CREAMMA Class 6 cannabis delivery service license (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq.); NJ-CRC https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/highpoints/20230912.shtml
  31. ↑ [SECONDARY] NJ-CRC has approved annual Class 6 delivery licenses (e.g., Weedies, Oct 2024); CRC does not publish a standalone operational delivery count https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/highpoints/20230912.shtml
  32. ↑ CREAMMA / N.J.S.A. 24:6I-21 — cannabis consumption areas are authorized; NJ-CRC consumption-area endorsement https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/CREAMM%20Act.PDF
  33. ↑ NJ-CRC, 'New Jersey now has cannabis lounges' (Aug 4, 2025) — first four consumption-area endorsements approved July 2025, two already open https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/highpoints/20250804.shtml
  34. ↑ NJ-CRC personal-use rules (N.J.A.C. 17:30) — per transaction up to the equivalent of 28.35 grams (1 ounce) of usable cannabis https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/adult-personal/
  35. ↑ NJ-CRC personal-use rules — permitted forms include dried flower, concentrated oils, resin, vape formulas, tinctures, topicals, lozenges, soft chews, and shelf-stable food products https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/adult-personal/
  36. ↑ NJ Division of Taxation TB-104(R) — no percentage excise tax on cannabis; the only cannabis-specific state levy is the per-ounce Social Equity Excise Fee (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-46) https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tb/tb104.pdf
  37. ↑ NJ Division of Taxation TB-104(R) / ANJ-30 — no ad valorem excise; SEEF is a per-ounce social equity fee, not a percentage https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tb/tb104.pdf
  38. ↑ NJ Division of Taxation — 6.625% Sales & Use Tax applies to retail recreational cannabis (N.J.S.A. 54:32B-3(a)); TB-104 https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/businesses/salestax/index.shtml
  39. ↑ NJ Division of Taxation TB-104(R) — cannabis is taxed via Sales Tax + per-ounce SEEF; no THC-potency-based tax exists https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tb/tb104.pdf
  40. ↑ NJ Division of Taxation TB-104(R) — Local Cannabis Transfer Tax capped at 2% (cultivator/manufacturer/retailer), 1% (wholesaler) https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tb/tb104.pdf
  41. ↑ CALC: 6.625% Sales Tax + up to 2.0% local transfer tax = 8.625% maximum combined rate (local portion is optional and varies). NJ Treasury TB-104 https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tb/tb104.pdf
  42. ↑ NJ Division of Taxation ANJ-30 — medical cannabis 0% Sales Tax on and after July 1, 2022 (phase-out under P.L. 2019, c.153) https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/cannabis/anj30.pdf
  43. ↑ NJ-CRC Cannabis Sales Totals Q4 2025 — 2025 TOTALS Recreational Sales & Use Tax = $67,509,470 (full calendar year 2025); corroborated by NJ-CRC '2025 in Review' (Feb 6, 2026) citing '$67.5 million in sales tax.' ; https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/highpoints/20260206.shtml https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Rec%20Med%20sales%20Q4%2025%201.pdf
  44. ↑ CALC: $67,509,470 (full-year CY2025 recreational Sales & Use tax) / 9,548,215 population = $7.07 https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Rec%20Med%20sales%20Q4%2025%201.pdf
  45. ↑ NJ Division of Taxation ANJ-30 — medical Sales Tax phased 4%→2%→0% (2020–2022); SEEF raised $1.24→$2.50/oz (2024–2025) https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/cannabis/anj30.pdf
  46. ↑ NJ Division of Taxation ANJ-30 — medical Sales Tax decreased to 0% (2022). Note: the per-ounce SEEF has increased, so operator-side burden is mixed https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/cannabis/anj30.pdf
  47. ↑ [SECONDARY] Heady NJ reporting NJ-CRC data — average flower price $8.09/g (Oct 2025); $8.09 × 28.35 g/oz = $229/oz https://headynj.com/dispensary/nj-crc-pushes-seef-tax-raise-shows-nj-cannabis-market-growing-steadily/
  48. ↑ NJ-CRC Cannabis Sales Totals Q4 2025 — 2025 TOTALS combined medicinal ($46,216,164) + recreational ($1,118,003,986) = $1,164,220,150. Treasury-certified. ; corroborated by NJ-CRC '2025 in Review' ('exceeded $1.16 billion'). https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/highpoints/20260206.shtml https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Rec%20Med%20sales%20Q4%2025%201.pdf
  49. ↑ CALC: CY2025 · adult-use sales $1,118,003,986 / population 9,506,354 (U.S. Census Vintage 2025) = $117.61. Reconciled adult-use per-capita (matches Operator Outcomes and the ranking page).
  50. ↑ NJ-CRC '2025 in Review' (Feb 6, 2026) — 'average adult-use flower prices declined, reflecting increased supply and market competition.' https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/highpoints/20260206.shtml
  51. ↑ NJ-CRC 2025 SEEF Recommendations report; CREAMMA social equity provisions https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/reports/NJ-CRC%202025%20Recommendations%20to%20Legislature%20for%20Social%20Equity%20Investment.pdf
  52. ↑ CREAMMA (P.L. 2021, c.16 / A4448) §19 — conditional-license income cap ($200,000; $400,000 joint), Impact Zone / Diversely Owned / Social Equity priority tiers, microbusiness reservation https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2022/A4500/4448_I1.HTM
  53. ↑ Social Equity Excise Fee fund, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-50; NJ-CRC SEEF Recommendations https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/reports/NJ-CRC%202025%20Recommendations%20to%20Legislature%20for%20Social%20Equity%20Investment.pdf
  54. ↑ NJ-CRC Benchmark Data Q4 2025 (dated 12/24/2025), Operational Businesses majority-owner race/ethnicity — White 163 of 397 (41.06%); all other categories 234 of 397 = 58.94% (rounds to 58.9%) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Benchmark%20Data%20Q4%202025.pdf
  55. ↑ NJ Courts — Marijuana Record Expungement; over 362,000 cases expunged since July 1, 2021 https://www.njcourts.gov/public/news-media/top-news/marijuana-record-expungement
  56. ↑ NJ Courts — eligible marijuana cases are expunged automatically by the Judiciary (no application required) https://www.njcourts.gov/public/news-media/top-news/marijuana-record-expungement
  57. ↑ NJ Courts — 'more than 362,000 marijuana and hashish cases' expunged from court records since July 1, 2021 https://www.njcourts.gov/public/news-media/top-news/marijuana-record-expungement
  58. ↑ CREAMMA (A4448) §19.b — conditional-license significantly-involved person adjusted gross income of no more than $200,000 ($400,000 if filing jointly) https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2022/A4500/4448_I1.HTM
  59. ↑ N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b) — manufacture/distribution penalties scale by plant count; 50+ plants is a first-degree crime. CREAMM Act https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/CREAMM%20Act.PDF
  60. ↑ N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b)(10) — 25 lbs or more, or 50+ plants, is a first-degree crime (10–20 years, up to $300,000); 5–25 lbs / 10–49 plants is second-degree. CREAMM Act https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/CREAMM%20Act.PDF
  61. ↑ N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(3)(b) — possession of more than 6 oz (~170 g) is a fourth-degree crime; NJ OAG Marijuana Reference Card https://www.nj.gov/oag/marijuana/docs/MJ_Reference_Card_3.8.21.pdf
  62. ↑ N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(3)(b) — the fourth-degree threshold is keyed to possession of more than 6 oz https://www.nj.gov/oag/marijuana/docs/MJ_Reference_Card_3.8.21.pdf
  63. ↑ N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(3)(b) + 2C:43-6(a)(4) — fourth-degree crime, up to 18 months and up to $25,000. NJ OAG Marijuana Reference Card https://www.nj.gov/oag/marijuana/docs/MJ_Reference_Card_3.8.21.pdf
  64. ↑ N.J.S.A. 39:4-50 — New Jersey uses an impairment / Drug Recognition Expert standard with no per se THC blood limit; NJ OAG FAQ https://www.nj.gov/oag/marijuana/docs/FAQs_Updated_5.27.22.pdf
  65. ↑ NJ OAG Marijuana Reference Card — CREAMMA reduced penalties (6 oz or less reclassified to not an offense); none increased https://www.nj.gov/oag/marijuana/docs/MJ_Reference_Card_3.8.21.pdf
  66. ↑ NJ OAG Marijuana Reference Card — net effect of CREAMMA is lighter penalties (6 oz or less not an offense; odor no longer establishes reasonable suspicion) https://www.nj.gov/oag/marijuana/docs/MJ_Reference_Card_3.8.21.pdf
  67. ↑ NJ OAG Marijuana Reference Card — CREAMMA (2021) decriminalized 6 oz or less and eliminated odor as a basis for stops/searches https://www.nj.gov/oag/marijuana/docs/MJ_Reference_Card_3.8.21.pdf
  68. ↑ NJ-CRC Cannabis Sales Totals Q4 2025 — 2025 TOTALS Recreational Sales column = $1,118,003,986. Treasury-certified https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Rec%20Med%20sales%20Q4%2025%201.pdf
  69. ↑ CALC: (CY2025 $1,164,220,150 − CY2024 $1,084,038,162) / CY2024 = +7.4%. NJ-CRC Cannabis Sales Totals Q4 2025 (both years, Treasury-certified) https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/Quarterlies/Rec%20Med%20sales%20Q4%2025%201.pdf
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