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New Jersey has an open adult use and medical market (retail sales since 2022-04-21). Retail is licensed by the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC).
42 verified facts on this page. Last verified October 19, 2026.
Sales opening per NJ-CRC release nj.gov/cannabis/news-events/20220414a.shtml; Class 6 Cannabis Delivery license and cannabis consumption areas are defined in P.L.2021, c.16; the NJ-CRC states the law does not permit home grow.
Enactment date per P.L.2009, c.307 (approved January 18, 2010); NJ-CRC medicinal page states patients and caregivers are not permitted to grow cannabis.
Bloom has not verified which seed-to-sale system the state requires for New Jersey yet. Nothing is asserted here in its place.
Check the regulator directly: New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC) rules, New Jersey Division of Taxation (Department of the Treasury) site, New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (Metrc seed-to-sale) rules, New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission, Medicinal Cannabis Program rules, New Jersey Legislature site.
Bloom has not verified how much a customer may buy for New Jersey yet. Nothing is asserted here in its place.
Check the regulator directly: New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC) rules, New Jersey Division of Taxation (Department of the Treasury) site, New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (Metrc seed-to-sale) rules, New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission, Medicinal Cannabis Program rules, New Jersey Legislature site.
New Jersey sets no statewide retail hours. A municipality may enact an ordinance governing the location, manner and times of operation of a cannabis business, so a store's selling window is whatever its host municipality adopted and must be configured per location before selling. The same authority expressly does NOT reach the times of operation of a cannabis delivery service or a cannabis distributor, and a municipality may not restrict transportation of cannabis items through or within it.
A cannabis retailer shall not allow persons under 21 to purchase cannabis items or to enter or remain on the premises unless accompanied and supervised by a parent or legal guardian, a delivery service shall not allow persons under 21 to purchase, and no licence holder or its personnel or agents may sell or give cannabis items for consumption to a person under 21. Similar restrictions must be enacted on any website the business operates.
Before allowing entrance and again before each transaction, personnel must examine one of the listed photographic identification documents and confirm the consumer is of legal age, then log that the examination and confirmation occurred in a record the business maintains for Commission inspection. Accepted documents are a United States or other country passport or government international travel documentation, a driver's licence from any state, territory, possession or the District of Columbia bearing a picture, a New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission identification card, or any other state, territorial, District of Columbia or Federal photo identification card bearing the person's name, date of birth and physical description.
The retailer or delivery service shall not keep a copy of the consumer's photographic identification, and shall not collect and retain any personal information about a consumer other than information typically acquired in a financial transaction conducted by the holder of a Class C alcoholic beverage retail licence. A consumer is not required to provide anything beyond government-issued identification to establish identity and age.
Block a single sales transaction that would exceed 28.35 grams (one ounce) of usable cannabis, four grams of solid cannabis concentrate or four mL of liquid cannabis concentrate, a vaporized formulation containing more than four mL of liquid concentrate, ingestible products totalling more than 1,000 mg of THC, or 28.35 grams or the equivalent of any combination of usable cannabis and cannabis products. The same caps apply to a delivery.
The 30-day monthly limit does not apply to patients who are terminally ill or currently receiving hospice care through a licensed hospice, who may be dispensed an unlimited amount. Other patients may petition the Commission for an exemption from the monthly limit, which the Commission shall approve if it finds the exemption necessary to meet the patient's treatment needs.
Prior to dispensing, the dispensary or clinical registrant must access the statewide system established under N.J.S.A. 45:1-45.1 to ascertain whether medical cannabis was dispensed to or on behalf of the patient by ANY dispensary or clinical registrant in the preceding 30 days, and upon dispensing must transmit the amount, strain and form to the patient's health care practitioner. The patient, designated caregiver or institutional caregiver must present verification of registration plus the practitioner's written instructions, which the dispensary verifies and logs; an institutional caregiver must additionally present a patient-executed authorisation. Instructions are void more than one year after they were written or became eligible for dispensing, whichever is later.
As a condition of licensure an alternative treatment center shall meet the anticipated treatment needs of registered qualifying patients before meeting the retail requests of cannabis consumers, and shall not make operational changes that reduce patient access in order to run its personal use business. The Commission may fine, limit retail sales, or suspend the personal use licence if patient supply is insufficient. Expanded ATCs holding a Class 5 Retailer licence must also make all efforts to prioritize medical patients over recreational consumers when conducting home deliveries.
New Jersey permits a one-person delivery run but only if a SECOND person who is cannabis retailer or cannabis delivery service personnel, preferably a supervisor, has access to real-time GPS tracking of the delivery vehicle. Two people are not required in the vehicle, but two people are required on duty.
Delivery may go only to a residence, including a temporary residence, in New Jersey, to a legal consumer whose age has been verified by examination of photographic identification, and in person. At the door, personnel must conduct an in-person visual verification of the consumer's photographic identification before furnishing the items; a first-time order may be age-validated by phone or online but the in-person check is still required. Items may not be left unattended on a porch or stoop, delivered into mailboxes or post office boxes, or delivered to any residence on land owned by the Federal government or on land or in a building leased by the Federal government. Unmanned vehicles may not be used.
In transit cannabis items must be locked in a sanitary and secure lockbox in the delivery vehicle, and whenever personnel leave the vehicle they must lock the vehicle and the lockbox and engage the vehicle alarm. The vehicle must bear no markings identifying it as carrying cannabis, must contain an operational GPS device at all times, and must be covered by hired and non-owned automobile liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence. Personnel must carry their Cannabis Business Identification Card, a valid non-probationary driver's licence appropriate to the vehicle, a cellular telephone for secure communication, and a physical or electronic copy of the purchase order for production to law enforcement, the Commission and local regulators. Orders must be assembled at the retailer premises and personnel may travel only between the retailer premises and residential delivery addresses, except for emergencies, dangerous road conditions, sanitization, rest, fuel or vehicle repair stops.
For every delivery the business must record the date and time the delivery began and ended, the name, address and signature of the consumer recipient, the name and Cannabis Business Identification Card number of the delivery personnel, the name, amount, batch or lot numbers and tracking numbers of the items delivered, and confirmation of photographic identification verification. All transactions must also be logged in the Commission-designated inventory management system and in internal inventory.
Where a delivery or a transport is attempted and not completed, personnel must return the item to the originating business, which may restock it and log the amended status only if it is in new, unopened condition. Separately, a recall requires a standard operating procedure covering consumer contact, return instructions and refunds, and every returned recalled item must be collected, reviewed by quality control personnel, tracked in inventory control and segregated in quarantine until the Commission authorises disposal, then disposed of so it is unusable.
A business transporting to another licensed premises must staff each delivery vehicle with at least one staff member, who carries their Cannabis Business Identification Card and non-probationary driver's licence, keeps a secure means of communication, and creates a copy of the transport request before departure. Only Cannabis Business Identification Card holders are allowed in a delivery vehicle, items may never be left in an unattended vehicle unless locked with an active alarm, and never overnight or outside operating hours. The transport record must capture start and end times, the staff member's name, card number and signature, the weight transported, batch or lot numbers, strain and product form, and the signature of the receiving business's staff member attesting to receipt.
Every cannabis business must use the inventory tracking system designated by the Commission, which is Metrc, together with the plant tags, product identification tags or stamps the Commission designates and at the business's own cost, and every transaction including curbside and delivery must be logged in that system as well as in internal inventory.
Product inventories must be updated on at least a daily basis, a monthly inventory audit of stored usable and unusable cannabis must be conducted, a comprehensive annual audit must be conducted at least once every year from the date of the previous comprehensive inventory, and inventories must be promptly transcribed. Separately, a retailer must report to the Commission each calendar year the number of consumers who purchased each item, total transactions and taxes collected, and a delivery service must report ounces purchased and delivered, product counts, consumers per item and total transactions.
The record of an inventory must include, at a minimum, the date of the inventory, a summary of the inventory findings, and the name, signature and title of the persons who conducted the inventory. An inventory must separately list damaged, defective, expired or adulterated cannabis awaiting disposal with the name, the quantity, and the reasons for which the business is maintaining it.
On becoming aware of a reportable loss, an inventory discrepancy, diversion or theft, the business must immediately notify law enforcement by telephone and notify the Commission no later than three hours after discovery, whether or not the property is recovered. An alarm activation or other event requiring a public safety response, a breach of security, or an alarm failure expected to last longer than eight hours must be reported to the Commission within 24 hours by telephone followed by email within five business days, with any corrective measures. Vehicle accidents, diversions and losses during delivery or transport are reported the same way.
The security alarm system and video surveillance system must be continuously monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, though monitoring may be conducted off-site. Video must clearly monitor all critical control activities, operate at all times, allow remote viewing by the Commission, and be archived for 30 days. Alarm maintenance inspections and tests are due at intervals not exceeding 30 days. If the alarm fails for a period expected to exceed eight hours, the business must notify the Commission and either provide Commission-approved alternative security measures or close the affected premises until the alarm is restored.
A retailer or delivery service shall only sell cannabis items that have been properly tested, packaged, sealed and labeled, and must offer the consumer a copy of the testing laboratory's written report. Every cannabis item must carry a unique stamp or tag prescribed by the Commission that verifies licensed origin, tracks the associated batches and lots, and lets the Commission track compliance with sales tax, municipal transfer tax and the social equity excise fee. Until the Commission designates a tax stamp, cannabis items are authorised to be sold without tax stamps, but the Commission-designated tracking tags still apply.
Every finished cannabis item label must carry, in no less than six point font, "This product contains cannabis"; "This product is intended for use by adults 21 years of age or older and not for resale. Keep out of the reach of children"; "There may be health risks associated with the consumption of this product, including for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning on becoming pregnant"; "Do not drive a motor vehicle or operate heavy machinery while using this product"; and the national poison control telephone number. Items over 40 percent total THC add a high potency psychosis warning and ingestibles add a delayed onset warning, both in no less than 10 point font. Packaging and labeling may not be false, deceptive or misleading, promote overconsumption, resemble commercial candy, snack, baked good or beverage packaging, imply non-cannabis contents, carry government insignia, depict an underage person consuming, or use toys, games, characters or cartoon imagery attractive to children.
Non-hazardous cannabis waste, including returned, recalled and expired items, must either be incinerated at a NJDEP-authorised incinerator or rendered unrecoverable, unrecognizable and useless for diversion in a secured, locked area on the premises that is visible to a security camera, by finely shredding or grinding it and mixing it with safe, non-toxic, biodegradable material so the mixture is at least 50 percent non-cannabis by volume, then stored in a secure locked container within view of a security camera until disposal by a registered Self Generator Solid Waste Transporter or a licensed A901 Commercial Solid Waste Transporter.
The business must weigh the cannabis and update inventory before destruction, create and maintain a written record of the destruction, keep for at least two years a written record of the date, quantity, manner of disposal and the persons present during the disposal with their signatures, and notify the Commission in writing within 10 business days of the amount destroyed including form, weight and quantity. If a licence expires unrenewed or is revoked, the holder must immediately stop selling, weigh and update inventory, destroy or dispose of all remaining cannabis within 72 hours with proof to the Commission, and keep a written record; inventory may instead be sold to another licensed business before expiry.
No one may advertise a cannabis business, product or paraphernalia unless there is reliable evidence that at least 71.6 percent of the audience is reasonably expected to be 21 or older. Every advertisement of a cannabis product or paraphernalia must carry the warning "This product contains cannabis. For use only by adults 21 years of age or older. Keep out of the reach of children. There may be health risks associated with the consumption of this product, including for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning on becoming pregnant. Do not drive a motor vehicle or operate heavy machinery while using this product." and must disclose that the facility is licensed by the State of New Jersey.
Advertising may not target or appeal to people under 21, use toys, characters or cartoon characters, run on television, streaming services or radio between 6:00 A.M. and 10:00 P.M., appear within 200 feet of elementary or secondary school grounds except inside a retailer's own premises, target location-based devices unless through an owner-installed opt-in application with a permanent easy opt-out and 21-plus warnings, attach to or sponsor an event where more than 20 percent of the audience is expected to be under 21, appear on an off-premises billboard, appear on signage in an arena, stadium, shopping mall, State-funded fair or arcade unless the site is adults-only, disparage another business's products, suggest cannabis is safe merely because it is regulated or tested, promote rapid or overconsumption, or be deceptive, false or misleading.
A cannabis business may not display any cannabis advertisement on the exterior of the establishment beyond signage identifying the building by its licensed name, may not use a commercial mascot outside or near the premises, may not display cannabis or paraphernalia so it is clearly visible from outside, may not advertise the price of cannabis products, and may not produce promotional gifts or items for sale such as T-shirts or novelty items bearing cannabis symbols or references. It may not use, display, advertise or operate under any alternate or doing-business-as name. A printed or catalogue price list at the premises and prices listed on its own or a third-party website are the only permitted price disclosures.
No rule found in N.J.A.C. 17:30 either permitting or prohibiting a cultivator, manufacturer or wholesaler paying a retailer for in-store advertising or placement. New Jersey has no alcohol-style tied-house prohibition in the cannabis chapter; the nearest authority is the ownership and financial interest regime and the management services and financial source agreement rules. Bloom does not sell such placements in New Jersey until counsel or the NJ-CRC confirms in writing.
No cannabis item or alcohol may be consumed on the premises or administrative offices of a cannabis business or in public areas nearby, and sales of food, beverages, alcohol or tobacco on the premises are prohibited except food and non-alcoholic beverages sold to the business's own personnel in an area separated from the physical plant. All cannabis items must be stored in an enclosed indoor locked area with access limited to the minimum number of authorised personnel who hold a Cannabis Business Identification Card and act in their official capacity, and any visitor in or passing through a storage area must be adequately observed by personnel specifically authorised to supervise the activity.
A medical cannabis dispensary or cannabis retailer operating a cannabis consumption area must hold both a current State and a current municipal endorsement, may operate only one consumption area regardless of how many Class 5 Retailer licences it holds, must mark the area with conspicuous signage, may not sell or allow alcohol, tobacco or nicotine on the premises, may not operate as a retail food establishment, and must limit the amount sold or brought in for consumption there to the ordinary retail sales limits.
Records of all cannabis item purchases and sales, including deliveries, must be kept for four years on premises or at an off-site facility in written or electronic form. Every written testing laboratory report must be retained, along with administrative records, pricing standards and prices charged, books of account, and documentation of any reportable occurrence for at least two years after reporting. Personnel records must be kept at least 12 months after a person's affiliation ends, and surveillance video is archived for 30 days.
Each owner and principal who handles cannabis, and each employee, volunteer and management services contractor staff member, must complete at least eight hours of ongoing training each calendar year covering State and Federal cannabis law, privacy and confidentiality law, developments in the field, proper use of security measures, and emergency response including robbery and workplace violence, and nobody may begin work before completing initial training and holding a Cannabis Business Identification Card. The business must also maintain an operations manual covering oversight, recalls, packaging and labeling, inventory control, waste disposal, accounting and tax compliance, security, a disaster plan, hours of operation, confidentiality, criteria for refusing service and age verification, and must hold a contract with an approved New Jersey employee assistance program.
A retailer must give the consumer a receipt showing at least its name, address, licence number and telephone number, the date of retail sale, and the cannabis items purchased with their purchase price; a delivery receipt adds the delivery service's own name, address, licence number and telephone number. Any municipal transfer or user tax must be stated, charged and shown separately. The retailer must also collect any tax required by the Act, offer clearly visible safe use information at the point of sale or delivery, maintain up-to-date consumer education materials, and provide a supplemental information document with any electronic smoking device.
An annual licence is valid for one year from its date of issuance and must be renewed annually. The renewal application and annual licensing fee must be submitted no later than 90 days before the current licence expires; submission inside that 90 day window may cause a lapse in licensure and expose the business to enforcement action.
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Response generated October 23, 2026.