It’s one step forward, two steps back for cannabis industry in Hoboken

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Hoboken voters overwhelmingly approved the legalization of marijuana in a 2020 statewide referendum, yet cannabis entrepreneurs trying to open businesses in the city have all fallen short so far three years later.

The struggles for the city’s cannabis industry — whether its setbacks in the courts, or ongoing litigation, or issues with revamped regulations and even a vocal minority opposed to marijuana — leaves only a few moving forward, including one embroiled in controversy over its political connections.