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NJ begins considering rules for marijuana consumption lounges

February 25, 2022
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New Jersey’s recreational marijuana industry keeps slogging toward its debut, with applications to expand five medical dispensaries now deemed complete – though still being reviewed. Another three are still incomplete. Applications filed in December for new cultivation and manufacturing businesses…

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Legal weed sales could start in New Jersey within weeks, Murphy says

February 24, 2022
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After missing a self-imposed Tuesday deadline to open the state for legal marijuana sales, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday night New Jersey is “within weeks” of having existing medical weed dispensaries sell recreational cannabis to adults 21 and older. “If I had…

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NJ legalized weed one year ago. Here’s what you can (and still can’t) do with marijuana

February 23, 2022
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One year ago today, Gov. Phil Murphy briefly switched gears during his regular COVID-19 briefing. It had been a few hours since the Legislature had finally — after months of political theater — passed the final bill that, as part of a…

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Why you still can’t buy legal pot in N.J. 16 months after voters gave the go-ahead

February 21, 2022
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Medical marijuana companies in New Jersey have been clamoring for months for permission from regulators to sell recreational weed to adults. A year ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that allowed such a regulated cannabis industry to operate in…

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Despite delay in N.J. cannabis market, weed workers moving full steam ahead to unionize

February 17, 2022
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Union fever is spreading like wildfire among the state’s cannabis workers even though the adult use recreational market has yet to open up. The workers prepping for that day say they want careers, not just jobs, and that’s spurring union…

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Can This Family Get a Stake in the Big Business of Marijuana?

February 16, 2022
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New Jersey’s cannabis law was partly designed to remedy wrongs in a criminal justice system that disproportionately ensnares Black and Latino people. But the hurdles for small-business owners are high. NEWARK — Bessie White is 78 and determined to cash…

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Murphy says he’d rather be right than fast as N.J. may delay recreational weed sales

Gov. Phil Murphy, who successfully pushed to legalize cannabis for recreational use, said he wasn’t concerned that the state may not meet a Feb. 22 deadline for selling weed to the public. “I’d rather get it right than get it fast,” Murphy told NJ Advance…

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N.J. legal weed sales unlikely to start in February; state may miss key deadline

While promising to open New Jersey’s legal cannabis consumer market, the state may not meet a self-imposed deadline originally set for late February. Jeff Brown, the executive director of the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission, said a number of factors are still in…

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NJ marijuana dispensaries want to sell legal weed. So what’s the hold up?

Nearly one year after marijuana was legalized in New Jersey and officials are still mum on when adults 21 years or older will be able to purchase legal weed — and one key group of stakeholders is losing patience. New…

N.J. hires firm to track legal weed ‘from seed to sale’

New Jersey will soon be able to monitor the supply of legal marijuana “from seed to sale” after the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission voted Friday to install a new statewide inventory management tracking system. The tracking system, required by the…

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N.J. just began accepting applications to grow recreational marijuana. Hundreds started the process.

December 16, 2021
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The Murphy Administration began accepting applications from cannabis growers, product manufacturers and testing labs on Wednesday — the first step that will usher in the legitimate marijuana industry New Jersey voters endorsed in a referendum 13 months ago. Within four hours of the…

Cannabis Businesses and New Jersey Real Estate: The Landlord’s Perspective – Part Two: Rental Rates and Legal Compliance

December 15, 2021
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by  Carmen Andrade Continuing in the series of articles aimed to help landlords navigate the evolving landscape of commercial real estate in the cannabis industry, this article focuses on how to determine rental rates and navigate legal compliance issues. New Jersey Rental Rates for…

Cannabis Businesses and New Jersey Real Estate: The Landlord’s Perspective – Part One: Retrofitting and Leases

December 10, 2021
Carmen Andrade
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by  Carmen Andrade Commercial real estate owners and landlords are faced with the challenge of keeping up with best practices, laws, and regulations regarding leasing space to cannabis-related businesses. This article, the first in a series, aims to help landlords navigate the evolving landscape, focusing first on retrofitting spaces and how to…

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30 more medical marijuana dispensaries on the way in N.J.

New Jersey regulators Tuesday approved 30 new licenses to companies who will sell medicinal marijuana, more than doubling the number of retail locations for a growing pool of patients who for years complained about long commutes to obtain legal cannabis.…

NJ License Application Announcement Brings Some Clarity But Also More Confusion

November 10, 2021
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At its public meeting on November 10, 2021, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission announced that on December 15, 2021 applicants for cultivation or manufacturing licenses can begin submitting applications and on March 15, 2022 applicants for retail dispensary licenses…