N.J. will start accepting applications to run legal weed businesses next month November 9, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey will begin accepting applications to run legal weed businesses next month, bringing the state closer to opening dispensaries and selling marijuana to the public. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission on Tuesday announced it would open the application process to… Read More→
Possessing marijuana is legal in N.J. but these ‘gray’ market operators got busted November 1, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Six months ago, Dan Kessel of Berkeley Township talked openly about Bud Hub, the cannabis gifting and delivery business he ran with his sister, almost daring law enforcement authorities to investigate and musing about “my goal to be legal.” Today, Kessel… Read More→
Who will control legal marijuana sales in N.J.? Local players or big companies? October 25, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Manuel Caban is a lifelong Camden, New Jersey, resident who was arrested twice for marijuana offenses and a decade ago spent 30 days and then a year in prison for dealing. That, he figures, makes him an ideal candidate for… Read More→
N.J. announces 14 new medical marijuana licenses, expanding market after long delay October 15, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey has licensed 14 new marijuana businesses, bringing a long-awaited expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program that exceeds original plans. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission on Friday announced the winners of a competitive and burdensome licensing process that began… Read More→
NJ legal weed commission to issue new medical marijuana licenses this week October 12, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey medical marijuana patients could see their options doubled — while inching closer to legal weed sales — with regulators set to issue new licenses later this week. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission on Friday is expected to award licenses for new… Read More→
N.J.’s weed commission will miss deadline to start accepting new business applications September 19, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments The state Cannabis Regulatory Commission will not begin accepting new applications for business licenses by this weekend, thereby missing a statutory deadline intended to keep development of the legal weed marketplace on track. But the commission at its meeting Tuesday… Read More→
New Jersey Judiciary Expunges More Than 360,000 Marijuana Offenses September 17, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments The New Jersey Judiciary has expunged more than 362,000 marijuana and hashish cases from court records since the Marijuana Decriminalization Law became effective July 1. Eligible cases are expunged automatically by the Judiciary. Once a case is expunged, it is… Read More→
N.J. approves new cannabis grow site, but 24 other weed business licenses continue to languish September 15, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey’s cannabis regulators on Tuesday moved to streamline the licensing of new weed businesses and approved another marijuana grow site — but it did not announce the recipients of some two dozen businesses that have sat in limbo for… Read More→
Will your town sell legal weed? More than half likely to say no as deadline hits. August 22, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Legal marijuana sales will start in New Jersey within the next six months — but a majority of towns are likely to just say no to weed for now. The legal cannabis law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy earlier this… Read More→
New Jersey Adopts Its Initial Adult Use Rules August 19, 2021 Sean Mack New Jersey 0 Comments On August 19, 2021, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission adopted its initial rules for the adult use market, two days ahead of an August 21, 2021 deadline set by statute. The new rules – all 160 pages of them… Read More→
Half Of New Jersey Towns Poised To Ban Cannabis Businesses August 9, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jerseyans overwhelmingly wanted the right to buy legal cannabis. Just not in their own towns—not yet, anyway. Faced with an August 21st deadline to opt out of cannabis operations or be locked into it for five years, almost half… Read More→
Why hasn’t this medical weed dispensary opened? Inside the drama and disputes keeping it closed. July 18, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments The medical marijuana storefront was supposed to start doing business last year, the second of two dueling medical dispensaries in Atlantic City. But MPX NJ’s “Be” hasn’t opened its doors off the Boardwalk as planned. The company’s relationship with its… Read More→
Municipal Law Mess in New Jersey June 28, 2021 Sean Mack New Jersey 0 Comments A newly proposed state law extending New Jersey town’s time to adopt local cannabis specific laws will likely cause problems for applicants who may need to submit their applications before town’s are forced to take a position. Under New Jersey’s… Read More→
With no regulations for delivery, weed services navigate New Jersey AG pushback June 26, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments As legislators continue working to set up a legal retail market for recreational cannabis, there’s a chess game playing out between authorities and regulators, and entrepreneurs who aren’t waiting around to set up shop. For one, the current move is… Read More→
Weed ‘gifting’ companies are starting up in N.J. But are they legal? May 24, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Licenses to sell legal weed are still months away, but there’s a handful of entrepreneurs coming into the scene through a possible legal loophole — “gifting” cannabis. It’s a scheme popular in other states and particularly in Washington, D.C. A… Read More→