The Multi-State Operator (MSO) Ascend Wellness opened the 18th New Jersey medical cannabis dispensary in Rochelle Park, NJ in Bergen County. The opening marks the second Ascend Wellness location in New Jersey after they took over the Greenleaf dispensary in Montclair. The Ascend Wellness medical cannabis dispensary has already begun accepting patients. The store is […]
Harmony Dispensary received unanimous support for its plan to open a dispensary from the Hoboken Cannabis Review Board. It’s main competitor Terrapin applied for a license in the 2019 round, which should have been announced 16 months ago. Despite not having a license, Terrapin is protective of their Hoboken turf and sued Harmony Dispensary so […]
The small cannabis corporation Multi-State Operator (MSO) Terrapin Care Station won when a Hudson County judge ruled that rival Harmony Dispensary must submit to a review board before opening a Hoboken cannabis dispensary. They filed a lawsuit in September 2020. They asked the court whether Harmony Dispensary must comply with regulations after they submitted documents […]
A bill formally allowing cannabis telemedicine was approved by the New Jersey Assembly and the State Senate. First-time patients could see the doctor in person for their initial examination and then subsequent appointments via cannabis telemedicine. This is unlike special COVID exemptions. Only patients who have limited mobility would be allowed to have exclusively online […]
Garden State Dispensary is opening a second New Jersey cannabis dispensary in Eatontown in Monmouth County.
Hoboken might soon be the sight of more than one medical marijuana (or medical cannabis) business and a cannabis hub. Hoboken established a medical cannabis review board and a two percent tax on such businesses earlier this summer. The ordinance also allows for three dispensaries within the city. Hoboken’s planning board must first approve any […]
A new cannabis strain has been released by Harmony dispensary in Secaucus named BridgeH20 after veteran advocate and businessman Leo Bridgewater. Bridgewater is the Director of Veteran’s Outreach for Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) and has been a leader for legalization here in New Jersey while involved in the cannabis industry across the country. He […]
The New Jersey State Supreme Court has ruled medical marijuana patients cannot be fired for drug tests that are positive for cannabis. However, if you need to do drug tests for other drugs that are not cleared, you may want to look at Lewisburg drug testing for your company or others more local to your […]
As Coronavirus causes people to seek to stockpile, patients are having a hard time securing their NJ medical marijuana from dispensaries in New Jersey. One patient said that on Saturday he had to wait 90 minutes in the cold in line at the Breakwater Dispensary in Cranbury. After he left, it seemed the line had […]
The ninth medical marijuana dispensary opened in New Jersey as “The Botanist” to the public on Saturday on the Atlantic City boardwalk. This means they opened about a month ahead of MPX. They had hoped to prevent the opening of the iAnthus-owned MPX store named “Be” via legal means, but failed. The Botanist is run […]
Medical cannabis activists went to an Old Bridge Town Council meeting to urge the council to reverse their decision to ban NJ medical marijuana dispensaries in town. The Council initially looked indifferent as activists pleaded their case, citing the need to alleviate the difficulty sickly patients have in traveling to other towns to secure medical […]
New Jersey is continuing to grow enrollment in its medical cannabis program in the Department of Health under Governor Phil Murphy (D). The program was mostly stagnant under former Governor Chris Christie (R) for eight years. But last week the Department of Health announced that under Murphy, the program reached 40,000 patients! Today, NJ’s #MedicalMarijuana […]
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