Where you can buy recreational marijuana in New Jersey

Every day can be 4/20 in a legal weed state, and since 2022, New Jersey has more than an estimated half-million residents who partake in the legal consumption of marijuana.

After Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law three bills that allowed for the setup of a recreational cannabis industry, legalized cannabis use, and decriminalized possession, the industry has slowly proliferated throughout the state. The laws also outline where you can smoke weed, where you can grow it, and how it affects policing, among other policies. Here’s our complete breakdown of how New Jersey’s weed laws work.

As an adult consumer, you can buy dried flower, concentrated oils, chewable forms of cannabis (pills, tablets, capsules), and drops or syrups (tinctures, topical, transdermal, and sublingual). Edible cannabis products are not available yet. Here’s our complete breakdown of different cannabis products and how to read a cannabis product label.

Now that legal weed sales are well underway, here is an updated list of where you can buy legal marijuana in New Jersey.

Adults over 21 can buy marijuana from approved adult-use dispensaries anywhere in the state. Currently, there are 27 New Jersey dispensaries that are allowed to sell adult-use cannabis products (with many more on the way) and most are located near major metro areas and tourist destinations like Philadelphia, Trenton, New York City and the Jersey Shore. Some adult consumers will have to travel far distances to the nearest dispensary as no legal weed shop has opened in their town or their local municipality opted out of legal weed sales (which each municipality has the right to do).

Medical patients are also the priority. Any adult-use dispensaries in New Jersey also serve as medical marijuana dispensaries. These dispensaries have to prove that they have an adequate supply of products to serve medical patients first, and enough left over to sell for adult personal use (dispensaries have exclusive hours for medical patients).

Dispensary locations in South Jersey:

Dispensary locations in Central Jersey:

Dispensary locations in North Jersey:

New Jersey has some of the highest cannabis prices in the country, according to the state’s CRC. In 2021, the price of 1 ounce of weed in New Jersey ranged from $320 to $480. By contrast, in California, it ranges from $99 for “bottom shelf” (lowest-quality weed) to $320 for “top shelf” (highest-quality weed).

According to the CRC, the supply of cannabis products is increasing monthly, and prices are decreasing.

Here’s what prices you can expect by weight:

Up to 1 ounce (or 28 grams). Adults ages 21 and over can buy as much as one ounce of cannabis products at a time. However, the use or possession of up to six ounces of cannabis — or 17 grams of hashish — is no longer a crime.

So, you can buy up to 1 ounce at a time, but you can have in your possession up to 6 ounces of weed.

Here are the limits on different types of products:

If you plan to mix-and-match products, you can buy a half ounce of dried flower plus 2 grams of concentrate or 5 packages of gummies and 1/2 ounce of dried flower.

You must be at least 21 years old to purchase, carry, and use cannabis in New Jersey. Just like purchasing alcohol, you have to be at least 21 and have a valid photo ID.

If you’re under 21 years old, you can’t enter a marijuana dispensary — even if you are with a legal guardian who is of age.

This article has been updated since it first published.