Governors Urge Biden To Reschedule Marijuana By The End Of This Year December 6, 2023 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana 0 Comments The governors of six states have jointly written a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to ensure marijuana is rescheduled by the end of this year. The letter, signed by the governors of Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey,… Read More→
How To Win A New Jersey Cannabis License With Gary George September 5, 2023 Pam Chmiel New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey natives Gary and Marie George had no intention of entering the cannabis business until their son approached them asking for help applying for a dispensary license. Realizing the valuable knowledge they gained during the application process, they started… Read More→
Building Story Cannabis: A Conversation with Founder Jason Vedadi August 29, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Arizona-based Story Cannabis was founded in June of 2022 by entrepreneur Jason Vedadi in what could be seen as the third act of his cannabis career, which has included significant stops at Harvest Health and Recreation and Oasis, the latter… Read More→
TerrAscend Maintains Its Balance in an Uncertain Market June 12, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments TerrAscend (CSE: TER) (OTCQX: TRSSF) is a Canadian public company with operations in Canada and five U.S. states: California, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, where it has its greatest concentration of retail outlets. A vertical integrated company in each… Read More→
The Tao of Grasshopper Farms May 9, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments A conversation with Grasshopper Farms founder and owner Will Bowden is not quite what one might expect to have with a former SWAT officer, but that is probably because most of us do not regularly converse with former SWAT officers… Read More→
The Flower Shop Looks Beyond Arizona and Utah November 17, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Arizona-based TFS Brands, aka The Flower Shop, began life as SKY Dispensaries in 2017 only to rebrand to its current name in 2019 following the promotion of Greta Brandt from General Counsel to her current role as President of the… Read More→
Can you get fired for smoking weed in New Jersey? Now there are rules for workers September 13, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments You can’t be fired from your job just for testing positive for weed, under new guidelines the state released on Friday. The long-awaited interim regulations for the nascent industry came as a relief to employers, who said they had been… Read More→
Former AG: Local prosecutors need to step up and shut down New Jersey’s Illegal cannabis market | Opinion July 25, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, Op-Ed 0 Comments By Chris Porrino and Peter Slocum When I was attorney general of New Jersey, the discussion surrounding the legalization of cannabis for adult recreational use was just heating up. We knew back then, based on polling of eligible voters, that… Read More→
The wait is over! NJ legal weed officially for sale at 12 medical marijuana dispensaries April 21, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments When it comes to legal weed, the waiting has always been the hardest part. There were the hours spent in line, through a cold night that turned cool but pleasant after the sun came up — just for the chance to… Read More→
The Wheel is Turning and You Can’t Slow Down: An Update on the Tri-State of Cannabis April 21, 2022 Neil Willner Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Wheel is Turning and You Can’t Slow Down: An Update on the Tri-State of Cannabis By Neil M. Willner, Co-Chair, Cannabis Practice Group at Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC Trying “just a little bit harder” and “just a little… Read More→
Legal Marijuana Sales Will Start Next Thursday in New Jersey April 15, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments All adults will be able to purchase cannabis at certain medical-marijuana dispensaries starting April 21. The first sales of recreational, adult-use cannabis in New Jersey will start next Thursday, marking the culmination of a yearslong effort to legalize marijuana and… Read More→
N.J. legal weed sales on verge of finally getting OK to begin March 23, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey on Thursday is expected to reach a significant milestone in its long effort to sell recreational use cannabis to adults. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission that oversees the nascent industry is expected to approve the first batch of conditional… Read More→
Four Tips for Becoming a First Mover in New Jersey’s Adult-Use Cannabis Market March 17, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments New Jersey's recreational cannabis market is expected to launch soon and become one of the largest legal marijuana markets on the East Coast. Like any new cannabis program in a populous state, there's likely to be a shortage of cannabis… Read More→
Yes, Murphy believes N.J. legal weed sales will begin soon. His state budget says so. March 12, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments Gov. Phil Murphy now expects legal weed sales to generate $4 million in state taxes for the rest of the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. The anticipated revenue — laid out in the budget brief released by the… Read More→
N.J. hires firm to track legal weed ‘from seed to sale’ January 8, 2022 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→