New Jersey’s First-Day Marijuana Buyers Spent $153 Apiece
Thousands of people who lined up for the first day of legal retail sales at New Jersey’s marijuana dispensaries ended up spending around $153 apiece.
Dispensaries grossed $1.9 million from sales of weed and related products to 12,438 customers on the first sales day, April 21, according to the state cannabis commission.
Twelve of the 13 authorized sales locations were open that day, some with lines of hundreds of people. New Jersey voters approved the legalization of adult-use recreational marijuana in November 2020, and the regulatory framework took another 17 months.