Many in the Garden State have been waiting a long time to legally buy weed.
"There've been people for decades literally consuming this product because they know it's been good for them. We believe cannabis is about well-being," said Ben Kovler, with Green Thumb Industries, which operates dispensaries in Bloomfield and Paterson."Tomorrow's a historic day. What we're talking about is a step towards repairing the harms of the war on drugs," said Amol Sinha, executive director of the ACLU New Jersey.
Sinha says the state needs to make sure the cannabis industry is diverse and puts tax revenue towards community reinvestment. "So that the communities that have been hardest hit by the war on drugs are able to benefit from legalization," he said. RELATED STORY:Also gearing up is Joe Bayern, CEO of Curaleaf, one of seven companies approved to sell cannabis products in New Jersey. They operate 126 dispensaries in 23 states and grow cannabis at 26 cultivation sites.
"Obviously [cannabis] has been available on the medical side for many years now, but basically the same needs are being met on the recreational side, they're just not being done through legal channels," Bayern told CBS2's Dick Brennan."So we're very excited about bringing high quality, tested, legal cannabis to the marketplace, 'cause people are consuming cannabis already, they're just not doing it in a safe environment.
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