⚫ Special licenses are available for businesses that want to ship cannabis
⚫ The application process is now underway
⚫ Certain businesses have priority access to the licenses
The wheels are moving on getting marijuana shipped right to your door in New Jersey.
On Wednesday, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission opened the application window for operations interested in transporting cannabis from dispensaries to your home.
What’s unknown right now is when delivery will actually be up and running in the Garden State. The application process will last several months.
“Social equity businesses” — those owned by people with past cannabis convictions or who have lived in economically disadvantaged parts of the state — are being given priority review and approval through Dec. 26. At that point, businesses that are minority-owned, woman-owned or disabled veteran-owned will get a crack at the opportunity.
The application process for all other applicants is scheduled to open on March 27, 2024.
When will NJ begin marijuana delivery?
Joshua Horn, co-chair of the Cannabis Law practice at Fox Rothschild, estimates that New Jersey consumers will see delivery within a year — it’s not just any transportation service that can ship cannabis.
“For the consumer, I think it’s better to be in a more regulated environment with respect to this,” Horn said. “So you know who you’re dealing with, you know that there’s oversight.”
Horn anticipates that…