The smoke has finally cleared.
Municipalities in New Jersey had until today to decide whether they would welcome or block future legal cannabis businesses.
Many, like New Brunswick, have opted to take advantage of their ability to regulate and restrict where cannabis businesses, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and deliverers could set up shop within their town limits.
Others around the state, including Princeton, Livingston, Caldwell and Middletown – to name a few – voted to ban the sale of marijuana in their borders.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law on Feb. 22 to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults in New Jersey, as well as allowed for the cultivation, processing and sale of retail marijuana.