NJ begins considering rules for marijuana consumption lounges February 25, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Legal weed sales could start in New Jersey within weeks, Murphy says February 24, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
NJ legalized weed one year ago. Here’s what you can (and still can’t) do with marijuana February 23, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Why you still can’t buy legal pot in N.J. 16 months after voters gave the go-ahead February 21, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Despite delay in N.J. cannabis market, weed workers moving full steam ahead to unionize February 17, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Murphy says he’d rather be right than fast as N.J. may delay recreational weed sales February 1, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
N.J. legal weed sales unlikely to start in February; state may miss key deadline January 28, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
NJ marijuana dispensaries want to sell legal weed. So what’s the hold up? January 11, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
N.J. just began accepting applications to grow recreational marijuana. Hundreds started the process. December 16, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
30 more medical marijuana dispensaries on the way in N.J. December 8, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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.… 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→
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→
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→
Yes, Pot Is Legal. But It’s Also in Short Supply. May 22, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey, New York 0 Comments In New York and New Jersey, the race is on to grow legal weed. In Orange County, N.Y., there are plans to build a large cannabis cultivation and processing plant on the grounds of a defunct state prison. About 25… Read More→