Bryan WCuraleaf Grovels For Support From Customers For Denied License
Last week the NJCRC denied Curaleaf’s renewal application. Curaleaf has since taken actions to grovel support from its customer base.
Dan UlloaNJCRC Denies Curaleaf Rec License Renewal, 71 Licenses OKed
The NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) approved 71 cannabis licenses and failed to renew Curaleaf’s adult-use cannabis license due to labor and social equity issues.
Pro-Putin Russian Oligarch Backing Curaleaf Verified
A Russian oligarch backed by President Vladimir Putin is a significant funder of the Multi-State Operator (MSO) Curaleaf, according to Forensic News. There had been some questions about Curaleaf’s connection to Russian oligarchs. It has now been verified. New documents from Cyprus that have been uncovered detail Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s finances and relationship with […]
Garden State Dispensary Under New Ownership, Ayr Wellness
2022 has been a pivotal year for Ayr Wellness in New Jersey. They took over a large-scale cultivation expansion and began adult-use sales at its three retail locations.
They also introduced its national brand into the wholesale market and its retail stores. Ayr is now among the several hundred dispensaries now OK’d to operate in New Jersey. They also have the maximum of 3 dispensaries allowed in the state.
MSO Sweetspot Opens 29th NJ Medical Cannabis Dispensary in Voorhees
The medical cannabis dispensary Sweetspot opened the 29th New Jersey medical cannabis dispensary in Voorhees in Camden County. They are a Multi-State Operator (MSO) in four states, including New Jersey, with one dispensary in each state. Their other dispensaries are in Maryland, Maine, and Rhode Island. Their headquarters is in Rhode Island. The opening of […]
Curaleaf’s Edgewater Dispensary Workers Join UFCW Local 360
The UFCW Local 360 union announced cannabis workers at the large Multi-State Operator (MSO) Curaleaf’s Edgewater dispensary voted to join them. The Massachusetts-based cannabis corporation Curaleaf’s location in Edgewater in Burlington County originally served only medical cannabis patients. It now makes money selling adult-use cannabis as well. Helping Workers “The UFCW is committed to building […]
TerrAscend Apothecarium Opens NJ’s 26th Medical Cannabis Dispensary
TerrAscend Corp, a cannabis Multi-State Operator (MSO), announced Apothecarium Lodi, their 3rd New Jersey dispensary, and the 26th overall opened. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) announced it earlier this week. The dispensary began medical and adult-use sales this week. The opening of the store has been delayed for many months. TerrAscend Corp. offered no […]
Justice Grown Bloc Opens NJ’s 25th MMJ Store 4 Years After Approval
The out-of-state cannabis corporation Multi-State Operator (MSO) Justice Grown or Bloc opened its 1st and New Jersey’s 25th medical cannabis dispensary on Saturday. They will do so after being one of the six companies awarded a vertically integrated medical cannabis license in 2018. Justice Grown later changed its name to Bloc. Bloc Dispensary Opens They […]
Heady NJ StaffNew Jersey’s Medical Cannabis Sales Tax Ends
The two percent New Jersey medical cannabis sales tax on patient medicine has ended. This was set to occur due to medical cannabis reform legislation passed in 2019. While the state medical cannabis tax has been eliminated, towns can still impose their 2 percent tax on New Jersey medical cannabis products. Beginning last Saturday, July […]
5 NJ Companies Fined for Adult-use Cannabis Sales During Patient Hours
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 […]
Botanist Dispensary Honors LGBTQ Pride Month
The Multi-State Operator (MSO) Acreage owned Botanist dispensary is honoring LGBTQ Pride month with Seed Pride. Seed Pride is their message that “we reap what we sow, and the seeds we plant today, how we act, how we treat one another and our account of respect, understanding, and kindness to all, will be what the […]
iAnthus MPX Finally Opens NJ’s 24th MMJ Dispensary in Atlantic City
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, […]
