The ninth medical marijuana dispensary opened in New Jersey as “The Botanist” to the public on Saturday on the Atlantic City boardwalk. This means they opened about a month ahead of MPX. They had hoped to prevent the opening of the iAnthus-owned MPX store named “Be” via legal means, but failed. The Botanist is run […]
Canna Care Docs, a chain of doctor’s offices specializing in prescribing medical marijuana to patients, opened their fifth New Jersey location in Woodbury last night. They decided to open it near the Curaleaf ATC in Bellmawr so it’s convenient for patients after an appointment. The city of Woodbury was quite welcoming to them. The Mayor […]
Jeff Oakes, a long time-activist with Sativa Cross, is one of the leading figures in New Jersey’s legalization movement. A new effort to pass NJ medical marijuana patient home cultivation or “homegrow” by Jim Miller and others has been dubbed “Jeff’s Law” in his honor. Jeff’s Law has become a leading platform of the NJ […]
A telehealth bill whereby NJ medical marijuana patients can speak with a doctor remotely passed the New Jersey State Senate by a near-unanimous vote. Only Senator Michael Doherty (R-Warren), who is known for his conservative views, opposed it. Telehealth Medicine for Medical Cannabis Telehealth medicine means patients can speak with a doctor either by telephone […]
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) announced that MPX NJ has been approved to start growing cannabis at their facility in Pleasantville, NJ, across the bay from Atlantic City. Melting Pot Extracts (MPX) Chief Strategy Officer and Director at iAnthus Beth Stavola said they put the first seeds in the ground today. IAnthus Holding […]
NJ Medical Cannabis Patient Brian Powers had his day in court yesterday for his alleged medical marijuana crime. Powers was arrested in New Brunswick in November for cannabis possession although he is a patient who had his proper medical marijuana card and proper medical cannabis from an Alternative Treatment Center (ATC) on him at the […]
CannaRisk Con 1.0 was a New Jersey Cannabis Conference that explained the nuances of cannabis insurance to an audience that might be held liable in a few worst-case scenarios. Quite often, insurance is an afterthought of entrepreneurs. This can leave them in a difficult situation when things go wrong. Many entrepreneurs in California have been […]
Gaetano Lardieri is leveraging his background in the New Jersey pharmaceutical industry to change cannabis science through his company THCBD. While well-versed in the nuances of science after working in the field for so many years with scientists, he makes no claim to be a scientist and does not hold a Ph.D. or MD himself. […]
Jim Miller has been a pillar of cannabis reform activism in New Jersey for years, pushing for medical marijuana reform and home cultivation of cannabis, known as NJ homegrow, five years before medical marijuana reform passed in California. Fighting for Medical Marijuana He was in favor of cannabis reform when there were few willing to […]
Green Thumb Industries (GTI) Rise opened the seventh medical cannabis dispensary in New Jersey in Paterson in Passaic County in North Jersey. Because it is so new, they are selling cannabis grown by Curaleaf in Bellmawr, New Jersey, for now. They reported planting their first crop of plants shortly before opening in mid-December. (It generally […]
Last Wednesday in cannabis news, there was a congressional cannabis hearing held before the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It was a comprehensive hearing that reviewed five bills regarding cannabis before Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), who chaired the subcommittee meeting. For medical researchers in the field, the approval process is exceedingly […]
Tara “Misu” Sargente has seen cannabis go from being underground to nearly legal in New Jersey. While doing so, she has made herself nationally known with her company Blazin’ Bakery. It began eleven years ago when she was dating someone who could not drink but still wanted to have fun. So, she made pot brownies. […]
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