Home cultivation is illegal everywhere in Somerset County. Recreational cannabis is legal for adults 21 and older under CREAMMA, but growing any plant at home remains an unlawful manufacture under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5, a crime no municipality can permit.
CREAMMA, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq., legalized possession and use of cannabis for adults 21 and older in 2021, but it did not authorize growing plants at home. Cultivation stays unlawful under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5, which makes it a crime to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance, and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-2 defines production to include planting, cultivating, growing, or harvesting. New Jersey allows no personal home grow, not even for registered medical cannabis patients; only businesses licensed by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission may cultivate. No Somerset municipality can override this, so a home grow in Bridgewater, Franklin, Hillsborough, Bernards, or Somerville is a criminal offense.
Cultivating cannabis carries indictable criminal penalties under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5, graded by the number of plants and weight, ranging up to years in state prison and fines reaching into the tens of thousands of dollars.
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