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New Jersey may have green-lit legal weed, but whether or not the Jersey Shore wants it is still hazy
Dionne Finley rolls newly purchased flower, part of the cannabis plant, in Williamstown, on the first day of recreational cannabis sales in New Jersey. - Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

New Jersey may have green-lit legal weed, but whether or not the Jersey Shore wants it is still hazy

New Jersey might be the Garden State, but the Jersey Shore is certainly lacking a specific kind of greenery — cannabis. Last year was the first summer of legal weed sales in New Jersey. A year in, however, there is only a single adult-use cannabis dispensary for adult consumers at southern beaches in New Jersey (the area known to Philadelphians as “down the Shore”). This may come as a surprise since the majority of New Jersey voters, including many in Jersey Shore counties, are pro-cannabis legalization. It raises the question: How weed-friendly is the Jersey Shore? You’ll be singing, “meet me...

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