New Jersey Medical Cannabis Patients Issues at Eastern Green Dispensary
A New Jersey medical cannabis patient couldn’t get a product from Eastern Green Dispensary marked for adult use when it was sold out on the medical side.
HoneyGrove Opens 45th NJ Medical Cannabis Dispensary
HoneyGrove opened the 45th New Jersey medical cannabis dispensary in South Jersey today in Gloucester Township in Camden County.
Bloc Opens 1st Medical Cannabis Dispensary in Ocean County & 44th in NJ
Justice Cannabis Co. opened the 1st medical cannabis dispensary in Ocean County and the 44th in New Jersey in Waretown as Bloc Dispensary.
Eastern Green, Yuma Way Open 41st and 42nd NJ Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
Eastern Green Dispensary and Yuma Way have opened the 41st and 42nd NJ medical cannabis dispensaries in Voorhees in South Jersey and Garfield in North Jersey. They won licenses during the 2019-2021 NJ medical cannabis license lottery. The pace of openings has increased as the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) is eager to increase NJ […]
URB’N and Restore NJ Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Open
URB’N Dispensary and Restore NJ have opened the 36th and 37th New Jersey medical cannabis dispensaries in Newark in North Jersey and Glassboro in South Jersey. They were awarded in the 2019/2021 licensing round. Both decided to do soft openings where one accepts some customers to ensure there are no problems. It’s usually only afterward […]
NJCRC 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.
Zen Leaf & The Botanist Fined Again for Ignoring Medical Cannabis Patients
Verano Zen Leaf and Acreage/The Botanist were fined for the second time in less than 12 months for ignoring medical cannabis patients.
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 […]
New 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 […]
NJCRC Updates Public on Adult-Use Cannabis Market Status
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) updated the public on the status of the delayed adult-use cannabis market and license applications. NJ CRC Executive Director Jeff Brown provided an update on the process of allowing the existing medical cannabis dispensaries to sell in the adult-use cannabis market. “Eight certifications are under review. Five have […]
NJCRC Releases 2019 Medical Cannabis Dispensary License Winners
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) released information about the 30 medical cannabis dispensary license winners from the 2019 Request for Applications (RFA). Thus they ended a process that started 29 months ago. “The price of cannabis is still high. The patients per dispensary is still high,” Executive Director Jeff Brown said. “We have […]
Cannabis Helps Postpartum Depression That Can Come with Motherhood
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a debilitating condition that negatively affects many expecting mothers and can be treated with cannabis. I know because it helped me. Combined with a worldwide pandemic, a woman can really get tested. I am really being tested. I am 38 years old, with an almost one-year-old, still processing the stress of […]