New Jersey Legalization

Status

Legalized

Became Law:

2021

ADULT-USE POSSESSION LIMITS

  • Flower: 6 oz
  • Concentrate: 17 g hash; 5 g cannabis resin

HOME CULTIVATION

  • No

STATE-LICENSED RETAILERS OPERATIONAL

  • Yes

THC LIMITS ON COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS

  • No

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR OFF-THE-JOB CONSUMPTION

  •  Yes. Under the law, “[N]o employer shall … take any adverse action against any employee … because that person does or does not smoke, vape, aerosolize or otherwise use cannabis items, and an employee shall not be subject to any adverse action by an employer solely due to the presence of cannabinoid metabolites in the employee’s bodily fluid.” 
  • Details

PROCESS TO EXPUNGE/SEAL PAST CONVICTIONS

  • Yes, automatic expungement process for qualifying convictions.

PER SE TRAFFIC SAFETY LIMITS

  • No

PENALTIES FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION

  • Yes