The Jersey City Council approved three adult-use cannabis dispensary resolutions for MMD NJ dispensary, Blossom Dispensary, and WR Wellness. Municipal resolutions granted by the City Council are the last step of the local licensing process in Jersey City after the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) and Planning Board. The CCB is supposed to be the first […]
Five out-of-state cannabis corporations that are Multi-State Operators (MSOs) were fined $360,000 for adult-use cannabis sales during patient-only hours. Curaleaf, GTI Rise, Verano Zen Leaf, Acreage’s the Botanist, and Ascend were all fined several thousand dollars. They enact most of the New Jersey medical and adult-use cannabis sales in the state. Patient Hours Fines It […]
The competitive and arbitrary nature of the Morristown Cannabis adult-use dispensary application process has raised several questions. Uma Flowers is a cannabis company based in Pepperell, MA, owned by Indian American women. They won council approval to operate a Morristown cannabis dispensary in Morris County. It was a process like New Jersey’s disastrous medical licensing […]
The Jersey City Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved the woman and diversity-owned WR Wellness LLC to be located at 150 Bay St. in downtown Jersey City. Their application has already cleared the planning board, leading to questions from CCB Vice Chair Jeff Kaplowitz. “Were they any conditions added to the resolution?” he asked. “I do […]
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) approved 46 adult-use cannabis sales licenses, including the first 11 adult-use-only dispensaries. They also shortened the wait time for medical cannabis awardees to certify they can serve medical cannabis patients and adult-use cannabis sales. “We have another slate of conditional license applications for recreational,” NJCRC Executive Director Jeff […]
MPX NJ/iAnthus has finally opened the 24th New Jersey medical cannabis dispensary in Atlantic City after first receiving its vertically integrated license in 2018. Their medical cannabis dispensary is located at 157 S. New York Avenue in Atlantic City. They officially opened last Thursday, according to an Instagram post. It reported selling Verano Zen Leaf, […]
The cannabis corporation Curaleaf, a Multi-State Operator (MSO), has yet to open its Edgewater Park location in Burlington County despite its insistence that they were ready for adult-use cannabis sales. Cannabis advocate and businessman Patrick Duff noted that the Edgewater Park location was not open for legal cannabis sales on Friday. “I noticed signs on […]
New Jersey’s cannabis market is opening on Thursday, 4/21. Seven medical dispensary chains will be allowed to sell adult-use cannabis. “At long last. I got behind this for social justice,” Governor Phil Murphy said. He spoke at a press conference earlier today about the opening of the market. If we want to have just the […]
Prominent patient advocates were used by cannabis companies for points on the 2018 license RFA for a proposed medical advisory board and discarded. Under New Jersey’s medical cannabis law, the “Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Act” (CUMMA), companies that said they would set up a patient advisory board would secure more points. Patient advocates were […]
The Jersey City Planning Board approve several dispensaries at their special meeting earlier this week. “If anybody wants to debate the evils of cannabis, tonight is not your night,” joked Planning Board Chair Christopher Langston ahead of an agenda with 12 different applicants. Board Attorney Santo Alampi said the locations have already been reviewed to […]
The cannabis corporation Cresco Labs, a Multi-State Operator (MSO), is buying the MSO Columbia Care, which has locations in South Jersey, to create the largest cannabis corporation. Columbia Care operates the Cannabist dispensaries in Vineland and Deptford. “The combined company will be the largest cannabis company by revenue, the number one wholesaler of branded cannabis […]
The NJ CannaBusiness Association (NJCBA) held a webinar with the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) and discussed the dispensary application submission process before the portal opens tomorrow, March 15th. NJCRC Deputy Executive Director Kelly Anderson-Thomas, Chief Counsel Christopher Riggs, and Chief of Staff Joshua Rodriguez spoke with NJCBA President Ed DeVeaux last Friday at noon. […]
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Dan Ulloa
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