Early Lines and Free Doughnuts: Legal Marijuana Sales Begin in New Jersey

Recreational cannabis customers in the state can now legally buy up to an ounce of marijuana per sale.

The customers began lining up before dawn at Rise Paterson, a marijuana dispensary in New Jersey that was welcoming customers with free doughnuts and reggaeton blaring from loudspeakers.

As New Jersey kicked off the state’s first legalized sales of recreational marijuana on Thursday, Rise, along with roughly a dozen other medical marijuana dispensaries across the state, opened its doors to customers 21 and older for legal sales.