The list of towns in New Jersey saying no to recreational marijuana just keeps growing, and there are now at least 30 municipalities across the state that have either banned marijuana businesses or officially voiced opposition to legal weed.
And that’s before there’s even a legalization bill on the table.
NJ Cannabis Insider reported on Thursday that lawmakers plan to have a recreational marijuana bill, and a medical marijuana expansion, ready for introduction by the end of August.
Each legal weed bill dropped so far has allowed towns to ban marijuana businesses from within their borders, though they wouldn’t be able to collect any tax revenue from legal weed.
Here are the towns that have already taken that step:
- County: Ocean County
- Population: 22,783
- Date passed: July 3
- County: Ocean County
- Population: 41,554
- Date passed: Jan. 22
- County: Somerset County
- Population: 44,999
- Date passed: April 16. Bridgewater’s council did not ban marijuana businesses, but passed a resolution in opposition of marijuana legalization in New Jersey.
- County: Atlantic County
- Population: 9,042
- Date passed: June 20
- County: Bergen County
- Population: 6,249
- Date passed: May 3
- County: Morris County
- Population: 10,528
- Date passed: April 12
- County: Middlesex County
- Population: 3,803
- Date passed: March 12
- County: Bergen County
- Population: 9,928
- Date passed: July 17
- County: Bergen County
- Population: 31,456
- Date passed: Feb. 27
- County: Bergen County
- Population: 12,124
- Date passed: Feb. 13
- County: Passaic County
- Population: 18,950
- Date passed: March 23
- County: Monmouth County
- Population: 20,108
- Date passed: Feb. 20
- County: Bergen County
- Population: 24,961
- Date passed: June 19
- County: Bergen
- Population: 26,759
- Date passed: May 31
- County: Somerset County
- Population: 10,414
- Date passed: May 14
- County: Essex County
- Population: 6,519
- Date passed: Feb. 27
- County: Monmouth County
- Population: 5,763
- Date passed: April 19
- County: Middlesex County
- Population: 66,573
- Date passed: April 23
- County: Morris County
- Population: 53,515
- Date passed: March 20. Parsippany’s resolution doesn’t outright ban marijuana businesses from the borough, but strongly opposes marijuana legalization.
- County: Atlantic County
- Population: 20,732
- Date passed: Aug. 6
- County: Ocean County
- Population: 4,594
- Date passed: Dec. 19, 2017
- County: Middlesex County
- Population: 8,418
- Date passed: Feb. 21. Like Parsippany, Spotswood’s resolution doesn’t outright ban marijuana businesses from the borough, but strongly opposes marijuana legalization.
- County: Ocean County
- Population: 1,178
- Date passed: March 14
- County: Hudson County
- Population: 70,387
- Date passed: Feb. 13
- County: Monmouth County
- Population: 6,975
- Date passed: March 1
- County: Monmouth County
- Population: 26,000
- Date passed: Feb. 28
- County: Hudson County
- Population: 15,342
- Date passed: Feb. 28
- County: Monmouth County
- Population: 7,972
- Date passed: June 6
- County: Bergen County
- Population: 5,903
- Date passed: June 4
- County: Bergen County
- Population: 17,322
- Date passed: July 17
So far, officials in only four towns have officially said they would want marijuana businesses. Those are Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Jersey City and Trenton.
Credit: nj.com
