A New Jersey cannabis license applicant is suing Hopewell Borough and alleging corruption after failing to secure a cannabis dispensary license while Evolve Sky did. She is alleging that Mayor Paul Anzano was instrumental in the city’s only dispensary license going to Evolve Sky/Turning Leaf. Kumer’s cannabis lawsuit says this was a New Jersey backroom […]
New Jersey cannabis policy and social equity were debated at the NJ League of Municipalities conference in Atlantic City last week. It’s four conferences at once with New Jersey political, legislative, regulatory, and town leaders and the people who work for them and with them at various events. NJ League of Municipalities Convention Floor The […]
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) has released incomplete adult-use NJ cannabis market rules. At 325 pages, the New Jersey adult-use cannabis rules are thorough. But not thorough enough. NJCRC Chair Diana Houenou said at the last NJCRC meeting that rules on cannabis consumption lounges and edibles “were forthcoming.” The released NJ cannabis rules […]
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) denied the winners of the 2018 medical cannabis RFA lawsuit against the Department of Health (DOH) the licenses they expected. NJ CRC Executive Director Jeff Brown explained the process started July 16, 2018. A Request for Application (RFA) for six permits with two in each region, was opened. […]
The Maplewood cannabis ordinance allowing four dispensaries was passed unanimously by the Township Committee as New Jersey towns make progress on enacting legalization implementation laws. “Thank you, everyone who worked on that ordinance,” said Mayor Frank McGhee. They will allow four dispensaries. The Essex County town will also allow five delivery licenses, one cultivator, one […]
The New Jersey Judiciary has vacated or dismissed nearly 88,000 NJ cannabis cases related to marijuana and hashish convictions or pending cases since July 1st. It is following the decriminalization of specific marijuana offenses in New Jersey. The cases are the first of about 360,000 identified by the Judiciary in Superior and Municipal courts. They’re […]
NJ activists in Lambertville have persuaded the council to create a model pro-cannabis law after they almost passed a ban.
The NJ League of Municipalities held a webinar to advise towns on the nature of cannabis law allowing or banning businesses. Attorney Dennis Galvin explained that the deadline for action to ban cannabis sales is August 21st, 2021. Late August is also when the Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) might consider a license application round. This […]
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Dan Ulloa
Heady NJ Staff
