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CRC: licensing and sales rising; staff report increases in diverse ownership but some commissioners urge continued progress
Summary
Agency staff reported higher sales and a growing number of licenses and awardees, with diversity metrics above national averages; Commissioner Barker praised gains but urged further efforts to increase ownership among communities most harmed by past cannabis enforcement.
Agency staff told commissioners on Oct. 17 that New Jersey’s regulated cannabis market continues to expand and to meet several of the CRC’s statutory equity benchmarks, while commissioners urged continued focus on communities that experienced disproportionate enforcement.
Director Riggs said the licensing pipeline (data dated Oct. 11) included roughly 2,700 total applications submitted and about 2,100 approved, with 1,508 conditional awards and 213 annual licenses issued. Riggs also reported…
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