Roselle is moving ahead with cannabis dispensary plans while Bayonne waits for final adult-use approval from Trenton. Orange, South Orange, and Flemington are planning ahead. The Roselle Borough City Council introduced an ordinance last week to regulate medical cannabis. The ordinance passed its first reading unanimously, with one member absent. Roselle Mayor Joseph Signorello III […]
A New Jersey medical cannabis patient found mold inside NJ Curaleaf cannabis he bought from Rise dispensary in Paterson. Moldy Cannabis Bought At Rise Found In Personal Stash The patient, named Carlos, who preferred not to divulge his last name, bought a strain called Banana Foster from Rise in Paterson, NJ, which they had bought […]
Zen Leaf is opening a medical cannabis dispensary in nearby Neptune in Monmouth County, and Breakwater dispensary announced it is trying to open a location in Asbury Park. Zen Leaf Dispensary and Neptune The Multi-State Operator (MSO) Zen Leaf wants to open in Neptune in a former Smashburger location on Route 66. They are much […]
A panel discussed future NJ adult-use cannabis stores featured Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex). Noted attorney Fruqan Mouzon moderated the panel. He explained that Coughlin went on the legislative cannabis junket to Colorado years ago. “It was a really informative trip,” Coughlin said. He said he toured facilities and met many local officials. He noted […]
The impasse created by the clean-up bill’s collapse after pushback from legislators has not been solved as there is cannabis news out of Jersey City which wants to tax future medical cannabis sales. Governor Phil Murphy gave the State of the State today virtually instead of inside the Assembly Chamber, as is tradition. While focused […]
Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) is advancing a bill to help NJ minority cannabis entrepreneurs seeking to enter the medical cannabis industry access capital in New Jersey. He is passionate about legalization and creating a just cannabis industry. “The War on Drugs for low-income Black and Brown communities has done nothing but hold those communities back,” […]
Assembly Speaker Coughlin (D-Middlesex) has nominated Sam Delgado, a retired Hispanic lobbyist, to the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC). He is the lobbyist and the husband of Coughlin’s district mate, Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Middlesex). She first won office in 2017 along with Murphy and replaced John Wisniewski in the seat. “Sam is an expert in […]
In today’s cannabis news, with the legislature displeased at the deal made with Governor Phil Murphy, its sponsors don’t have the votes to pass the legal cannabis clean-up bill. Thus, Murphy will either be forced to sign it or veto one of his signature initiatives he has campaigned and advocated for fiercely. Senate President Steve […]
The NJ cannabis legalization and decriminalization clean-up bills passed the committees in the Assembly and the Senate. Assembly Appropriations Committee Chair John Burzichelli (D-Camden) noted the horror of the violence at the Capitol Building and how it threatened democracy yesterday. Cannabis Decriminalization Progress In the bill for underage possession of up to six ounces, instead […]
Hearings have been scheduled for tomorrow in the Senate Judiciary and Assembly Appropriations Committee for Governor Murphy’s New Jersey pot or cannabis “clean-up” bill Snafu. (In World War II, Snafu stood for Situational Normal, All Fucked Up.) New Jersey Pot Clean-Up Bill Time The clean-up bill was apparently necessary after he refused to sign the […]
With Governor Phil Murphy refusing to sign the decriminalization and legalization bills until minors continue to be prosecuted, what should have been the beginning of a happy new year continues the strange awkward path cannabis has taken. It seems it has been decided that the January 1st deadline for NJ cannabis will be ignored. Murphy […]
Legal issues continue to plague New Jersey’s developing cannabis market as the state waits for Governor Phil Murphy to sign the bills and the referendum to take effect on New Year’s Day. It is unclear why a signing ceremony has not been set for the decriminalization and adult-use cannabis market bills. However, now is not […]
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