The state is working through nearly 1,200 license applications for marijuana businesses. About one-fourth have conditional approval, none have final OK.
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission shelved a plan to let medical dispensaries start selling to other adults, citing concerns over supply and patient access.
Sales of state-regulated recreational marijuana will start when expansions of medical dispensaries are approved. That might be weeks away, but maybe not.
Half of the 14 new licenses for medical marijuana went to businesses in Central Jersey. Four of 14 would grow and sell at dispensaries. Ten are cultivators.
"I'm thrilled that we've finally arrived at this historic day, the inaugural public meeting of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission," said CRC chairwoman Dianna Houenou.