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Hopewell Borough’s Shady Game with Evolve Sky Cannabis Dispensary

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 […]

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New Jersey Cannabis Policy & Social Equity Debated at League of Municipalities Conference

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 […]

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New Jersey Cannabis Experts Offer Guidance at CPA Conference

The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) virtual conference earlier this month featured New Jersey cannabis experts discussing issues in the market, including Social Equity. NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) Vice Chair Sam Delgado first went over the basics of the New Jersey adult-use cannabis market and the license application process. “New Jersey […]

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NJCRC Releases NJ Cannabis Rules Lacking Lounges & Edibles Details

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 […]

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Scutari & Stack To Hold New Jersey Adult-use Cannabis Sales Hearing

NJ Senate President Nick Scutari (D-Union) and Senator Brian Stack (D-Hudson) announced there will be a public hearing on the implementation of New Jersey adult-use cannabis sales. It will be tomorrow Thursday, May 12th, at 11:00 a.m. in Committee Room Four of the State House Annex in Trenton. “This is an informational hearing on the implementation […]

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NJCRC Denies 2018 Medical Cannabis RFA Lawsuit Winners Licenses

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. […]

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Maplewood Cannabis Ordinance Passed as Towns Enact Regulatory Laws

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 […]

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Baked Cannabis Edibles & Candy Prohibited in NJ Cannabis Rules, Likely to Hurt Market

Future cannabis license applicants and gifting entrepreneurs are unhappy cannabis baked edibles and candy were not allowed in the initial adult-use NJ cannabis rules. The regulations announced by the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) say the cannabis products that will be allowed are flower, syrup, tablets, capsules, drops, tinctures, lozenges, chewables, topicals, and vapes with […]

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