Jersey City Cannabis Ordinance Allows All 6 License Classes and Lounges

The Jersey City cannabis ordinance allowing all six types of license classes, lounges, and delivery services passed their city council unanimously on second reading. The comprehensive Jersey City cannabis ordinance allows six types of cannabis licenses. Those are manufacturers, cultivators, wholesalers, distributors, delivery services, and dispensaries. Lounges, which would be attached to dispensaries, are not […]
Curaleaf Opens NJ’s 20th Medical Dispensary in Edgewater Park

Curaleaf has opened its first satellite location and the 20th medical dispensary in New Jersey in Edgewater Park in Burlington County in South Jersey. It was a soft opening. The Grand Opening with a ribbon-cutting is tomorrow. The new medical dispensary is located at 4237 US-130 Edgewater Park, New Jersey 08010. Their primary location is […]
Zen Leaf Lawrence is NJ’s 19th & Newest Cannabis Dispensary

Zen Leaf opened their third and New Jersey’s 19th dispensary location in Lawrence Twp. in Mercer County today.
Ascend Wellness Opens 18th NJ Medical Cannabis Dispensary in Rochelle Park

The Multi-State Operator (MSO) Ascend Wellness opened the 18th New Jersey medical cannabis dispensary in Rochelle Park, NJ, in Bergen County. The opening marks the second Ascend Wellness location in New Jersey after they took over the Greenleaf dispensary in Montclair. The Ascend Wellness medical cannabis dispensary has already begun accepting patients. The store is […]
Apothecarium Opens 17th New Jersey Cannabis Dispensary In Maplewood

The Apothecarium NJ by TerrAscend has opened the 17th New Jersey cannabis dispensary location this week in Maplewood in Essex County. Located at 1865 Springfield Avenue in Maplewood it is now a full-service medical cannabis dispensary with 6,500 square feet of space. Apothecarium NJ Shines TerrAscend Northeast CEO Greg Rochlin and Chairman Jason Wild were […]
Hoboken Cannabis Review Board Approves Harmony Dispensary

Harmony Dispensary received unanimous support for its plan to open a dispensary from the Hoboken Cannabis Review Board. It’s main competitor Terrapin applied for a license in the 2019 round, which should have been announced 16 months ago. Despite not having a license, Terrapin is protective of their Hoboken turf and sued Harmony Dispensary so […]
Zen Leaf Opens the 16th NJ Dispensary in Neptune

Verano Zen Leaf dispensary opened the 16th dispensary location in New Jersey today with its satellite retail shop in Neptune in Monmouth County in Central Jersey. “New Jersey’s expansion into [responsible] use is a significant milestone within a core market of ours and presents exciting growth potential for Verano,” said Verano Co-Founder and CEO George […]
MSO Ayr Wellness Buys Garden State Dispensary

The independent Garden State Dispensary (GSD) has been bought by the Multi-State Operator (MSO) Ayr Wellness for $101 million. GSD has three open dispensaries in Woodbridge, Union Township, and Eatontown, in Middlesex, Union, and Monmouth Counties, respectively. They have the largest retail footprint of any operator. Garden State Dispensary Operations Acquired They have a 30,000 […]
Acreage’s Botanist Set to Open 15th New Jersey Dispensary

The Acreage-owned Botanist dispensary is set to open this week in Williamstown in Gloucester County and be the 15th New Jersey dispensary.
Terrapin Care Station Wins Lawsuit Delaying Rival Dispensary in Hoboken

The small cannabis corporation Multi-State Operator (MSO) Terrapin Care Station won when a Hudson County judge ruled that rival Harmony Dispensary must submit to a review board before opening a Hoboken cannabis dispensary. They filed a lawsuit in September 2020. They asked the court whether Harmony Dispensary must comply with regulations after they submitted documents […]
Moldy Cannabis In NJ: Curaleaf & GTI Rise Recall Weed

Product recalls of moldy cannabis made by Curaleaf and sold by the GTI Rise dispensary in Paterson and Curaleaf dispensary in Bellmawr have been issued. In their Product Recall, GTI Rise noted the mold was found in two batches of the Banana Foster strain (or cultivar). It was grown by Curaleaf NJ, which they wholesaled. […]
GTI Rise Opens 14th Dispensary in Paramus, New Jersey

Green Thumb Industries (GTI) Rise announced their Paramus store opening in New Jersey yesterday. It is the 14th dispensary location in New Jersey. This is GTI Rise’s second location in New Jersey and the 54th store for the Multi-State Operator (MSO). Their main location is in Paterson. Profits from the first day of sales will […]