An event that started as a humble forum turned into a mini-convention with many sponsors and attendees signing up. Attendees and vendors packed the UFCW Local 360 union hall in Berlin Township. Many had to park on the grass and the street.
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) recently held a webinar on Hispanic issues. Also, they described their hearings on how adult-use cannabis-derived tax revenue should be spent. NJCRC Vice Chair Sam Delgado and Commissioner Maria Del Cid hosted the webinar. It was bilingual in English and Spanish. During the forum webinar, they sought to […]
The 420 Canna Fest NJ cannabis market event of underground legacy operators was held at the Hilton Garden Inn in the Raritan Center in Edison. NJ Smokers Club coordinated a very crowded cannabis legacy market of tablers in the hotel’s banquet hall. Security guards frisked people entering the very warm and toasty hall. Other guards […]
A conference was held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn discussing issues in the business of cannabis like access to capital and how it affects entrepreneurs, especially minorities. It was held by the Business of Cannabis, a Canadian-based cannabis news site. Business of Cannabis President Jay Rosenthal reviewed the progress New York state is making with cannabis. He […]
The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) released a report focusing on cannabis Social Equity across the state markets. They did so with support from the Arcview Group, Weedmaps, and the cannabis company Parallel. According to the report, only 15 states have social equity programs, including New Jersey. However, none have created an equitable cannabis industry […]
Senator Troy Singleton’s (D-Burlington) bill to help cannabis NJ entrepreneurs with access to capital and assistance passed the NJ Assembly Health Committee again with amendments and bipartisan support. Chair Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) said Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) intervened to have the amendments passed by the committee. Current law prevents any entity from holding more […]
The Real Cannabis Entrepreneur (RCE) virtual NJ cannabis conference Friday provides valuable information about breaking into cannabis. The virtual NJ cannabis conference, which runs from Friday, March 26 to Sunday 28th, will have more than 40 plus speakers spread across three days. It will provide entrepreneurs, professionals, and investors with a variety of information about […]
Jill Cohen has opened a female-centered CBD store in Maplewood called the Cannaboss Lady, selling beauty, health, and cannabis wellness products. TheCannaBossLady was first an online platform built to help people make informed decisions about hemp and CBD products while creating a community of empowered women in the cannabis space. Since October 2019, she has […]
Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) is advancing a bill to help NJ minority cannabis entrepreneurs seeking to enter the medical cannabis industry access capital in New Jersey. He is passionate about legalization and creating a just cannabis industry. “The War on Drugs for low-income Black and Brown communities has done nothing but hold those communities back,” […]
George Martorano, the longest-serving first-time non-violent prisoner for cannabis, is looking to make his Hip Hemp Cafe in Atlantic City a dispensary. “I did 32 plus years for marijuana,” he said. George Martorano was held in federal prison from 1983 to 2015 when he was released at 65. George Martorano and Legacy Operations His father […]
Harvest 360 and Cognitive Harmony Technologies (CHT) have developed cannabis tech software to reduce the cost of a cannabis license application and barriers to enter the market. CHT CEO Walter Moore is one of the main architects of the software in Illinois. He is leading the collaboration with Harvest 360 to bring these tools to […]
Roll Up Life Inc, a New Jersey Black-owned business is primed to secure a home delivery cannabis company license. Many advocates have been extolling the value of giving minority entrepreneurs a license in the adult-use cannabis market in the abstract. Roll Up Life, though, is a concrete example where that could become true. Launching Roll […]
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Dan Ulloa
Heady NJ Staff
