The New Jersey adult-use cannabis sales market was opened at the Verano Zen Leaf dispensary in Elizabeth in Union County this morning. “Cannabis is now available to anyone 21 and older in New Jersey,” said Zen Leaf representative Destiny. “Getting to today was a cornerstone promise in social and economic justice that I made nearly […]
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 […]
Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp held a cannabis legalization forum where he touted the benefits they would receive from cannabis companies since they are an impact zone. He also answered questions posed by residents. “We will be guided by the wishes and desires of residents who realize the importance of the city aligning itself with those […]
The Acreage-owned Botanist dispensary is set to open this week in Williamstown in Gloucester County and be the 15th New Jersey dispensary.
A bill that will decriminalize cannabis up to two ounces passed the New Jersey Assembly today in a vote of 63 to 10 with five abstentions. Initially, A. 1897 would have only decriminalized 10 grams. Those found with cannabis would have to pay a penalty of $50. That money would be payable to the municipality […]
The medical cannabis dispensary situation in New Jersey has only worsened as the Coronavirus pandemic crisis has gotten dragged on. One patient said that he had to wait for three hours for service at Breakwater. And because the bathrooms are closed, likely to halt the spread of the disease, this forced him to bring a […]
This story was written and produced by NJ Spotlight. It is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. To read more, visit njspotlight.com. 3/24/20 COLLEEN O’DEA With at least three inmates in New Jersey’s county jails testing positive for COVID-19 and the population considered especially vulnerable to the spread […]
Noted indie filmmaker Kevin Smith is spearheading a motion to allow signatures for a cannabis ballot initiative this year in California. Smith and his longtime collaborator Jason Mewes made a video imploring California officials to accept digital signatures. Traditional petition signature gathering cannot be done due to the widespread shutdowns and bans on public gatherings […]
CannaRisk Con 1.0 was a New Jersey Cannabis Conference that explained the nuances of cannabis insurance to an audience that might be held liable in a few worst-case scenarios. Quite often, insurance is an afterthought of entrepreneurs. This can leave them in a difficult situation when things go wrong. Many entrepreneurs in California have been […]
The NJ Department of Health (DOH) announced that the medical dispensary TerrAscend could start growing cannabis plants at their facility in Boonton, NJ. The harvests are for their dispensary in Phillipsburg, which will be called “The Apothecarium.” According to the NJ DOH, TerrAscend is the fourth Alternative Treatment Center (ATC) to receive a permit to […]
1/14/20 BY DAN ULLOA Hector Oseguera is running for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District in the Democratic primary in June against the incumbent Congressman Albio Sires. He has made cannabis 420 reform a central plank of his campaign’s platform. On New Year’s Day, he tweeted regarding the need to end the War on […]
Governor Phil Murphy (D) detailed progress in the State of the State and where he’d like to see it go in the future but didn’t include NJ legal Cannabis. Last year when he was pushing it, he discussed it extensively. He did talk about fighting addiction and mental illness and said opioid death decreased by […]
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