UFCW Union Organizes Verano NJ Dispensary Workers
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union announced employees of the medical cannabis company Verano NJ at Zen Leaf will become UFCW members. Two of their chapters, Local 152 and Local 360 have been working on it. Zen Leaf Workers decided to organize to ensure their rights are protected. Union membership also ensures Verano […]
Cannabis News: Murphy gives the State of State, JC Preps Dispensary Tax
The impasse created by the clean-up bill’s collapse after pushback from legislators has not been solved as there is cannabis news out of Jersey City which wants to tax future medical cannabis sales. Governor Phil Murphy gave the State of the State today virtually instead of inside the Assembly Chamber, as is tradition. While focused […]
NJ Senate Minority Cannabis Entrepreneur Lending Bill Advances
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,” […]
Coughlin Nominates Sam Delgado to Cannabis Regulatory Commission
Assembly Speaker Coughlin (D-Middlesex) has nominated Sam Delgado, a retired Hispanic lobbyist, to the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC). He is a lobbyist and the husband of Coughlin’s district mate, Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Middlesex). She first won office in 2017 along with Murphy and replaced John Wisniewski in the seat. “Sam is an expert in […]
Hearings Scheduled for Governor Murphy’s Clean-up New Jersey Pot Bill
Hearings have been scheduled for tomorrow in the Senate Judiciary and Assembly Appropriations Committee for Governor Murphy’s New Jersey pot or cannabis “clean-up” bill Snafu. (In World War II, Snafu stood for Situational Normal, All Fucked Up.) New Jersey Pot Clean-Up Bill Time The clean-up bill was apparently necessary after he refused to sign the […]
NJ Green Direct Doing Cannabis Deliveries Via Gifting Loophole
NJ Green Direct began cannabis deliveries on New Year’s Day to take advantage of the referendum whereby cannabis became legal despite Trenton’s failures. NJWeedman began calling himself legal on New Year’s Day as well. “We’re using a gifting loophole in the law,” CEO Sam Gindi of NJGreenDirect.com said. They began their cannabis deliveries last Friday, […]
NJWeedman Sells First NJ Referendum Legal Cannabis
Ed “NJWeedman” Forchion sold what he called the first NJ referendum legal sale of cannabis at midnight on January 1st to ring in the New Year. The NJ referendum said that it would go into effect today, January 1, 2021. It did not say it would be hampered if enabling legislation did not become law. […]
Massive Uncertainty Over NJ Cannabis Remains Due to Ineptitude
With Governor Phil Murphy refusing to sign the decriminalization and legalization bills until minors continue to be prosecuted, what should have been the beginning of a happy new year continues the strange awkward path cannabis has taken. It seems it has been decided that the January 1st deadline for NJ cannabis will be ignored. Murphy […]
Singleton Bill Might Help NJ Minority Cannabis Entrepreneurs
Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) is sponsoring a bill to help NJ minority entrepreneurs access capital and technical assistance that could have negative repercussions. State Senator Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) is the other primary cosponsor of S. 2875. It would allow an investment fund to lend money to cannabis license applicants who are minority entrepreneurs, women, or […]
New Jersey’s Cannabis Market Continues to be Plagued with Legal Issues
Legal issues continue to plague New Jersey’s developing cannabis market as the state waits for Governor Phil Murphy to sign the bills and the referendum to take effect on New Year’s Day. It is unclear why a signing ceremony has not been set for the decriminalization and adult-use cannabis market bills. However, now is not […]
MPX NJ Suing Parent iAnthus Over Cultivation Facility Management
MPX NJ is suing their parent company iAnthus over their license to operate their cultivation facility in New Jersey in Monmouth Superior Court. MPX NJ Unhappy With iAnthus While owned by iAnthus, MPX NJ seems to be bristling at the way iAnthus is doing business. They believe that iAnthus is operating under an agreement not […]
Former Cannabis Prisoner George Martorano Going Legit
George Martorano, the longest-serving first-time non-violent prisoner for cannabis, is looking to go legit and 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 Underground […]