Harmony Dispensary & NJCTA President in Trouble
Investors in the Harmony Foundation Dispensary in Secaucus seek to force out its President Shaya Brodchandel who is also the NJ Cannabis Trade Association’s (NJCTA) President. He has been entangled in a lawsuit launched last October. It questioned his decision to invest in an Israeli company and the firing of Robert Moroni. Moroni, part of […]
NJ Senate Allows 4 Medical Marijuana Caregivers for Child Patients
The State Senate passed a bill last week 38-0 allowing four more New Jersey medical marijuana caregivers to help a child medical cannabis patient. State Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D-Camden) and Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) sponsored the bill S 521, “Expressly authorizes medical cannabis patients under 18 years of age to have up to four designated caregivers.” […]
Senator Vitale Pushes Medical Cannabis Affordability, Discusses Homegrow
NJ State Senator Joe Vitale (D-Middlesex) has introduced two bills into the New Jersey State Senate focused on medical cannabis affordability. “Affordability is always an issue for me,” he said. Joe Vitale is Chair of the Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee in the New Jersey Senate. He noted health insurance is only permitted […]
Advocate Demands Chamber Apologize for Claiming No NJ Black Cannabis License Holders
Prominent advocate and businessman Leo Bridgewater is demanding the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey apologize to Congressman Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ-10) and the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) regarding their claim there are no black cannabis license holders. Bridgewater noted Woah Flow was previously identified only by Heady NJ as the first […]
NJ’s 1st Black-Owned Cannabis Dispensary Woah Flow on the Record
Woah Flow is on the record as New Jersey’s first black-owned cannabis dispensary. They were awarded a license to operate a medical cannabis dispensary during the December 7th meeting of the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC). There has been a great deal of controversy over the winners of cannabis licenses in New Jersey thus far. […]
Budtenders Form Labor Union at Ascend Medical Dispensary in Montclair
Budtenders at Montclair’s Ascend medical cannabis dispensary joined a labor union and recently secured a good contract. Cannabis Engineers Extractors & Distributors (CEED) Local 420 is a union. It was established to represent the Ascend budtenders and cannabis workers in New Jersey. They are affiliated with the International Union of Journeymen of Allied Trades (IUJAT). […]
House Passes Bill Including Marijuana Banking Again
The House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022, which includes provisions for easing marijuana banking. On Friday, the language of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act was added as an amendment. It was done by the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO). The bill would allow banks and other financial […]
Black Ownership Questions and Delays Frustrate NJ Cannabis Industry
The NJ cannabis industry is frustrated by the perceived lack of cannabis companies owned by Black businesspeople, along with delays in rewarding conditional licenses and opening the market. Conditional licenses were designed to be easier to obtain since site control and town approval are not needed. That is supposed to make it easier for those […]
CRC Criticizes Bad NJ Adult-use Sales Applications
The NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) criticized cannabis companies that submitted incomplete applications to begin NJ adult-use sales and are impatient. Brown laid out the expanded Alternative Treatment Center (ATC) process. It would allow for the ten established medical cannabis corporations, eight of which are Multi-State Operators (MSOs), to begin NJ adult-use sales of cannabis. […]
NJ Marijuana Convictions Barring Workers from Legal Cannabis Industry
Scotty Risley’s NJ marijuana convictions prevent him from working in the Jersey cannabis industry. But they could prioritize his application for an adult-use cannabis license as a Social Equity applicant. They are causing him to fail thorough background checks and merely get a job in the industry. He is from May’s Landing in Cape May […]
University of Chicago Scientists Find CBD Effective Against COVID
Scientists at the University of Chicago have found that consumption of Cannabidiol or CBD can be effective against COVID-19. They published the results of their studies in the noted journal Science Advances. They first tested their theory on mice. After finding positive results, they tested it on humans. CBD was found to block the replication […]
NJ Vertically Integrated Cannabis License Winner Altus Denied Bid to Operate in Small Town
After winning an NJ vertically integrated cannabis license, Altus New Jersey LLC was denied the approval of their cultivation facility in Alexandria. Last year, they won a license to be an NJ vertically integrated medical cannabis company in Central Jersey. An NJ vertically integrated cannabis license allows a company to grow, manufacture, and sell medical […]