The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) recently held a webinar on Hispanic issues. Also, they described their hearings on how adult-use cannabis-derived tax revenue should be spent. NJCRC Vice Chair Sam Delgado and Commissioner Maria Del Cid hosted the webinar. It was bilingual in English and Spanish. During the forum webinar, they sought to […]
The NJ CannaBusiness Association (NJCBA) held a webinar with the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) and discussed the dispensary application submission process before the portal opens tomorrow, March 15th. NJCRC Deputy Executive Director Kelly Anderson-Thomas, Chief Counsel Christopher Riggs, and Chief of Staff Joshua Rodriguez spoke with NJCBA President Ed DeVeaux last Friday at noon. […]
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 […]
Today is the first-day cannabis cultivators, manufacturers, and testing lab license applications to operate in the NJ adult-use cannabis market are accepted. The application portal on the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission’s (CRC) website opened this morning at 9 am. Almost 500 individuals and entities established accounts in the first four hours. The CRC started […]
The New York legalization of adult-use cannabis bill MRTA passed a month after New Jersey advocates won their fight. But the devil is in the details of implementation, which are still unknown. Interim NYC National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Executive Director Ryan Lepore has been following New York legalization since medical […]
The NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) met for the first time. It was 21 months after the Jake Honig Act establishing the CRC was signed into law. They elected a Vice-Chair, took over the Division of Medical Marijuana from the NJ Department of Health, and established Offices of the Commission that will carry act their […]
Adult-use cannabis legalization has finally passed the New Jersey legislature. It remains to be seen what happens next with the details on the local level. Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) proposed another referendum. That would be to guarantee money derived from cannabis sales goes toward social programs and the police. However, neither Governor Phil Murphy […]
The New Jersey adult use cannabis bill to implement the referendum to amend the state constitution was announced by State Senator Nick Scutari (D-Union) late last night. Scutari is Chair of the State Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over the bill. State Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) is a sponsor of it as well. […]
Vote Yes for NJ Jobs is an effort to emphasize the economic benefits of the NJ cannabis legalization referendum next Tuesday. NJ Canna Business Association (NJCBA) President Scott Rudder, who sits on the NJCAN2020 steering committee, serves as the spokesperson for the effort. Rudder said the discussion led by NJCAN 2020 has been focused on […]
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Dan Ulloa
Heady NJ Staff