, most dispensary customers are satisfied with being able to purchase marijuana legally. But for those who turn to the black market for marijuana, price is not the only thing keeping them out of state-run dispensaries.
Since the launch of the Garden State’s recreational marijuana market last year, about one-third of New Jersey adults have used marijuana or other cannabis products, according to. About 69% of respondents said they purchased cannabis from a licensed dispensary in the state, and 86% of those who did so said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the experience.
That satisfaction, Stockton found, came down to buying tested products buyers knew were safe, and enjoying the quality of them. About half of the marijuana users who responded to the poll said they used cannabis recreationally, while 13% said they consumed it for medical reasons, the poll found. Only 7% said said they approved of legal marijuana prices in New Jersey, where many eighth-ounces of cannabis retail for about $60 before tax on the recreational market — which puts New Jersey’s adult-use marijuana “among the most expensive” in the nation, Stockton said in a statement.
Currently, New Jersey is home to 24 dispensaries that sell recreational cannabis, as well as another 13 shops that sell only medical marijuana. And overall, the state could have between 650,000 and 670,000 of-age cannabis users, Todd Johnson, executive director of