The Hoboken City Council approved Community Host Agreements (CHAs) for Blue Violets and Village Hoboken cannabis dispensaries narrowly despite opposition. During the Public Comment period, Blue Violets co-owner Max Thompson thanked the Council in advance for supporting his CHA. He noted that they received a resolution from them in September after they had passed the […]
Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-36) hosted a webinar panel on municipal cannabis issues and NJ legal weed law with leading experts. The panel was hosted “to ensure municipal officials in the 36th Legislative District understand the growing cannabis industry.” Schaer noted the deadline is August 21st for cannabis regulations and municipal cannabis policy. No public official […]
New Jersey could learn from Massachusetts, where regulations and prices have made it difficult for social equity cannabis entrepreneurs to get the local approval necessary to apply to the State for a cannabis license. The Garden State is currently experiencing a land grab where applicants are looking for friendly towns to have their business. However, […]
Chris Velasquez of the Sativa Cross activist group wants to persuade the Dover Council in Morris County to allow a cannabis microbusiness. Working with fellow Sativa Cross activist and Dover resident Chris Almada, they have successfully organized fin favor of cannabis in Dover. “The council basically, they talked about it a little and placed a […]
The NJ League of Municipalities held a webinar to advise towns on the nature of cannabis law allowing or banning businesses. Attorney Dennis Galvin explained that the deadline for action to ban cannabis sales is August 21st, 2021. Late August is also when the Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) might consider a license application round. This […]
A cannabis prohibition lawsuit threatens to stop New Jersey’s cannabis legalization after the law passed the state by 67 percent and the legislature. Long-time prohibitionist David G. Evans is heading this effort. When asked who was paying for the suit, he said there was no corporate money behind the suit. There are multiple corporations and […]
Last night the Millburn Township Committee voted to withdraw a town cannabis law resolution that would have set up a process whereby companies could apply to be a medical marijuana Alternative Treatment Center (ATC) in town. Thus, the prospect of a dispensary in Millburn was defeated. The dispensary would have been located at 704 Morris […]
Medical marijuana advocates spoke out against the Hazlet ordinance allowing them to ban cannabis before they did so. In February, the Hazlet Township town council passed an ordinance banning cannabis from being sold in the town for either medical or recreational adult-use purposes. The ordinance was adopted in response to the expectation that Governor Murphy […]
Wall Township passed a cannabis sales ban ordinance “banning businesses from selling marijuana and/or paraphernalia facilitating the use of marijuana and farming or manufacturing of marijuana in the township.” The council was not without criticism and advocacy from members of the community and surrounding towns and counties. Wall is in Monmouth County. About a dozen […]
Old Bridge officials have tasked the township attorney to draft a policy that would enable the township to ban recreational cannabis sales in their town. They are joining some other NJ towns, such as Garfield, Point Pleasant, Berkeley, Shrewsbury, and Maple Shade in banning legal cannabis sales. At a recent Old Bridge town council meeting, […]
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