Trenton Cannabis Businessman Moe Weed: the Santa Claus of Cannabis

Moe of Moe Weed is an ambitious and generous cannabis businessman based in Trenton who would like a legitimate license to operate. The owner, who prefers to be known only as “Moe,” has been inspired by Ed “NJWeedman” Forchion, who has encouraged cannabis businessmen to go rogue, similar to himself, considered by many to be […]

Activist Spearheads Letter Criticizing NJ AG for Threatening 420 Gifting Companies

Activist Bob Witanek published a letter on his site Fight Back Better criticizing New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and the Murphy Administration for threatening 420 cannabis gifting companies. His letter is in full support of the underground market and how they operate. “We hereby condemn the “Desist Letters” from the Governor Murphy Administration being […]

New Jersey Homegrow Struggle Continues with Optimism

The adult-use and medical New Jersey cannabis homegrow bill S3582 found new sponsors last week. But it still has many hills to climb to become the law of the land. Senator Troy Singleton’s (D-Burlington) medical cannabis bill S3420 has gained sponsors in Senators Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth). He is a known supporter of medical homegrow, and […]

Cannabis Crime Kingpin Seeking Release Due to Age and COVID-19

Former cannabis crime kingpin John Knock feels he should be released not only because of the time he has served, but to stop the spread of COVID-19. Knock is serving two life sentences in a federal prison in South Jersey. He ran an international cannabis smuggling empire importing marijuana and hash to the United States. […]

Rutgers Hosts NJ Hemp Event Featuring Experts and Academics

The Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health at Rutgers University hosted its second annual educational event on the nuances of growing NJ hemp last night. As part of its mandate to foster agriculture, Rutgers and the Institute and their partners in local government, are committed to fostering the growth of hemp in New Jersey. I’m […]

Canna Care Docs Opens New Location in Woodbury

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 […]

Green Thumb Industries (GTI) Rise Dispensary Opens for Cannabis Sales in Paterson

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 […]

Decriminalization Criminal Justice Reform Fails During NJ Lame-Duck Session

NJ decriminalization criminal justice reform, whereby 50 grams or less of cannabis would be treated comparable to a parking ticket, is dead in the lame-duck legislative session between the November election and the new Assembly’s swearing-in next week. The current NJ Assembly session ends next Tuesday, January 14th, at noon. There will likely be votes […]

Freeholders Neutral on 420 at Middlesex County Reorg Meeting

1/8/20 BY DAN ULLOA At the annual reorganization meeting of the Middlesex County Freeholder Board, the Freeholders declared their neutrality on the issue of cannabis legalization. When asked about the ballot measures and the issues regarding expungement, they took time to deliberate among themselves for a bit. “As county government, we’re not going to take […]

X-NBA Commish Dead, Said NBA Should Rethink 420 Ban

Former National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner David Stern died on New Year’s Day at the age of 77. He had been suffering from a brain hemorrhage for a few weeks. Stern recently said the league’s ban on cannabis should be addressed in the next collective bargaining agreement negotiation. Former NBA Commissioner Dead  He was Commissioner […]

Cannabis Legalization Implemented in Illinois on New Year’s Day

As of January 1, 2020, the purchase and consumption of adult-use cannabis are legal in the state of Illinois. Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton was one of the first customers to purchase cannabis at the Sunnyside Lakeview dispensary. It was the first time a Lt. Governor publicly purchased cannabis. Passage of cannabis reform was a […]

MJ BizCon 2019 Discusses State of the Legal Cannabis Market

MJ BizCon is the largest gathering in the cannabis industry. Thus it’s a perfect place to get an overview of the cannabis market as it stands. MJ BizCon and the Cannabis Industry According to MJ Business Daily which operates MJ BizCon President Chris Walsh, the legal market states and New York have the biggest domestic […]