The only barriers separating the black market from the outside world is a thick dark curtain and a glass door, clouded by a room full of marijuana smoke.
Outside, it's quiet in a sleepy Trenton suburb. The faint sound of hip-hop within is drowned out by the honking horns on a nearby highway and planes landing at the small airport a few miles away.
But inside? Business is booming on this Saturday night.
Tables overflow with marijuana products in every form imaginable. Huge jars are half-filled with dried marijuana flowers. Eighth-ounces of pot are sold in vacuum-sealed, professionally packaged, odor-proof bags
There are chocolate bars with spoof "Wonka" packaging, and homemade rice cereal and marshmallow treats — some with colorful cereal pieces, some with cookie dough, all with weed baked into them.
The prices vary depending on strain and the type of product. Pot brownies go for $10, vape cartridges go for around $40. An ounce of "L.A. Confidential" sells for $175.
This is what New Jersey's marijuana black market looks like in 2019. While state legislators ruminate over how, when and if New Jersey should legalize weed, pot dealers are digging in their heels.
Increasingly, they are connecting with customers online and in social media and at weed "pop-ups," like the one I visited on a recent Saturday night. They're also leading in product innovation, offering forms of marijuana that aren't available at the state's six medical marijuana dispensaries.