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→
NJ legal weed, medical marijuana commission finally meeting. What they should address April 12, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission is finally holding its first meeting, nearly two years after it was established. The CRC is set to meet at 2 p.m. Monday, where its five members will begin the process of overseeing legal… Read More→
What is and isn’t allowed under New Jersey’s marijuana laws March 11, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments After decades of prohibition, legal marijuana has come to yet another state — and this time, it’s just across the Delaware River. “New Jersey’s broken and indefensible marijuana laws are no more,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in February after signing… Read More→
NJ legalized weed but left out black market pot dealers. Now, they want in. March 1, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments This isn’t legal. Recreational marijuana, as of last week, is legal in New Jersey, but what Ed Forchion is pulling off at his restaurant on East State Street — or, rather, down the alley and behind the restaurant — is something entirely different. On a recent… Read More→
New Jersey Stops Marijuana Arrests, Ends Pending Prosecutions February 24, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has ordered an immediate end to marijuana arrests and pending prosecutions while telling courts to set aside convictions before this week, when Governor Phil Murphy signed legalization bills. Weed still can’t be sold legally,… Read More→
Marijuana Is Legal in New Jersey, but Sales Are Months Away February 23, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments After years of false starts and failed attempts, Gov. Philip D. Murphy on Monday signed into law three bills that effectively permit and regulate the use of recreational marijuana in New Jersey, making it the most populous state in the… Read More→
N.J. cops are still arresting people for weed. Police say they won’t stop until legal marijuana is official. February 22, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments The college student knew she wasn’t going to make the light. The 19-year-old freshman tried anyway, gunning the engine Nov. 17 to beat a traffic signal in front of the Mennen Sports Arena. A Morris County Park Police officer was… Read More→
N.J. lawmakers whipping votes for recreational marijuana deal as deadline looms February 19, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Lawmakers in New Jersey have shaken up their legislative agenda for the rest of the week to accommodate what could be the final deal on legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. Voters approved legal recreational marijuana in the November election,… Read More→
Is N.J. legal weed effort dead again? Top lawmaker abandons compromise, hopes Murphy will sign bills on his desk. February 18, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments A top New Jersey lawmaker has ended a weeks-long effort to compromise with Gov. Phil Murphy on underage penalties for marijuana use, saying again the governor should sign legal marijuana bills that passed late last year. That could mean an end for… Read More→
Will NJ legal weed finally become law this week? Youth marijuana rules the last hurdle February 16, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Could this be the week New Jersey finally gets legal weed, more than three months after voters first approved it? Legislators plan to pass a bill this week detailing the penalties and fines faced by marijuana users under 21 years old. This… Read More→
New compromise offered to finally end dispute holding up N.J. legal weed February 12, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Lawmakers have introduced a new proposal for penalizing those under 21 who are caught with marijuana, a move that could bring Gov. Phil Murphy closer to signing a bill to legalize weed. But this bill must receive committee approval Monday and pass… Read More→
New N.J. weed compromise moves forward — but it looks a lot like the last failed plan January 30, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Lawmakers on Friday advanced a new compromise on penalties for underage marijuana use, hoping to pass something that will make Gov. Phil Murphy agree to sign big bills to legalize and decriminalize weed into law. It’s the Legislature’s second shot at a… Read More→
Medical marijuana patients just want to grow their own weed. Why lawmakers won’t allow it. January 27, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments When Jo Anne Zito was initially arrested for at-home cultivation nearly 10 years ago, her kids were taken away from her. Though her charge was later downgraded to low-level possession thanks to a grand jury, she’d already gotten a taste of… Read More→
Cannabis in the New Year: Old Challenges Meet New Opportunities January 25, 2021 Jacques Santucci Best Practices, Cannabis & Hemp Research, Opinions, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Despite a global pandemic that uprooted businesses around the world, the U.S. cannabis market showed no signs of slowing down in 2020, as we had predicted a year ago. Through lockdowns and mask mandates, the industry innovated how consumers purchase… Read More→
N.J. legal weed deal between Murphy and lawmakers suddenly collapses in stunning development January 10, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Just as it seemed Gov. Phil Murphy’s office and the state Legislature had come to an agreement that would end a years-long struggle to legalize marijuana in New Jersey, opposition from lawmakers has derailed the effort in another bizarre twist in the saga, NJ… Read More→