Cannabis Regulations in New Jersey (2026)

New Jersey state law prohibits home cultivation of cannabis statewide, even for adults 21 and over and registered…

Under N.J.S.A. 24:6I-45, New Jersey lets each municipality decide whether cannabis dispensaries operate locally: a town…

Bergenfield prohibits Class 3 cannabis wholesalers, Class 4 distributors and Class 5 retailers from operating anywhere…

Brick Township prohibits every class of cannabis establishment, cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers…

Cherry Hill Township prohibits every class of cannabis business defined by New Jersey's cannabis legalization law…

Clifton prohibits every class of cannabis establishment, cannabis distributor and cannabis delivery service in all…

East Brunswick Township prohibits cannabis cultivators, delivery services, distributors, manufacturers, retailers and…

Freehold Township prohibits every class of adult-use cannabis business, cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers…

Howell Township has opted out of the legal cannabis market. Section 19-2 prohibits all six marketplace classes…

Jackson Township, New Jersey has opted out of licensed cannabis operations entirely. Township Code § 252-1, adopted by…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, opted out of the state's cannabis licensing program entirely: its zoning code…

Monroe Township, Middlesex County, has opted out of the cannabis marketplace. Section 61-1 prohibits all classes of…

Old Bridge Township has opted out of cannabis entirely: Code § 250-42B(18) and (19) prohibit every class of…

Section 430-10E of the Perth Amboy zoning chapter prohibits all classes of cannabis establishments, cannabis…

Piscataway Township opted out entirely under the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and…

Village of Ridgewood Code Section 244-18 bans cannabis and marijuana shops, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers in…

Toms River Township bans every class of cannabis business townshipwide: cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, § 134-28.1.H expressly prohibits all classes (1 through 6) of cannabis business…

Bayonne confines every licensed cannabis cultivator, manufacturer, retailer and delivery service to the H-C and I-H…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey permits cannabis retailers only as conditional uses in the CBD and B-2…

Edison Township did not opt out of cannabis businesses, but zones licensed Cannabis Establishments into one small area…

Elizabeth confines licensed cannabis retail to its Cannabis Retail Overlay (CRO) Zone under City Code Section…

Hackensack allows only one cannabis retail store, sited through the Cannabis Retail Overlay Zone (CROZ) created by City…

Hamilton Township has not opted out of cannabis retail: it channels cannabis establishments and Class 6 delivery…

In the City of Hoboken, cannabis retailers, medical dispensaries and delivery offices are conditional uses limited to…

Cannabis establishments may operate in Irvington only in zoning districts that specifically allow that class of…

Long Branch caps every class of licensed cannabis business, cultivators, retailers and the rest, at one license…

The City of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, opts in to legal cannabis businesses of all six state license…

Newark has not opted out of cannabis retail. Dispensaries need a City special use permit plus State license, must sit…

Cannabis dispensaries in Parsippany-Troy Hills are a conditional use, not a permitted one. Under § 430-88G a Class 5…

Passaic confines licensed cannabis businesses to its M-1 and M-2 industrial zones, where they are a conditional use…

Paterson has not opted out of cannabis businesses, it licenses six classes citywide, but overrides the state's default…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, § 17:9-24A permits cannabis cultivation, manufacture, wholesale, distribution…

Trenton caps where cannabis dispensaries can locate under Code § 146-46: no dispensary within 1,000 feet of another…

In the City of Vineland, cannabis businesses are permitted uses under Land Use Code Article XXVII, but the number of…

The Town of West New York, New Jersey (Hudson County) allows two cannabis retailers, and only inside the Cannabis…

In the City of East Orange, § 120-6(C) confines cannabis retailers and delivery services to the Industrial, Mixed…

Beyond the general school buffer, Jersey City requires Class 5 cannabis retail dispensary applicants to submit a list…

Linden City Code § 31-51 confines cannabis businesses to the Heavy Industrial, Light Industrial and Light Industrial-A…

Edison Township bars cannabis establishments within 1,000 feet of any residential property, childcare facility, school…

Hamilton Township keeps cannabis establishments, delivery services and dispensaries 1,000 feet by walking distance from…

In the City of Hoboken, cannabis retailers and dispensaries must sit at least 500 feet from each other, measured…

A Class 5 cannabis retailer in Long Branch, New Jersey cannot open within 1,000 feet of another Class 5 store, a…

Newark bars licensed cannabis businesses within 500 feet of schools, playgrounds, parks, and daycares, within 500 feet…

In the City of Vineland, a medical cannabis dispensary or cannabis retailer cannot locate closer than 500 feet to a…

In the City of Bayonne, cannabis retailers must sit at least 1,000 feet apart from each other, and every cannabis…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, no cannabis retailer can be located within 200 feet of a public or…

In the City of East Orange, § 120-5(C)(5) bars any cannabis establishment from operating within 100 feet of a child…

Every cannabis establishment in Irvington must sit at least 200 feet from any public or private school, child day-care…

Every cannabis establishment or distributor applying for local support in Jersey City must sit at least 200 feet from…

Linden City Code § 31-51 keeps cannabis businesses at least 500 feet from schools, parks, homes and other sensitive…

Parsippany-Troy Hills prints two 100-foot separations for cannabis retail. A Class 5 dispensary cannot be located…

Cannabis businesses in Passaic are conditional uses confined to the M-1 and M-2 industrial zones, and § 317-23E(2)…

Paterson bars any cannabis license class from operating within 300 feet legal walking distance of a place of worship, a…