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→
NJ Passes Law To Legalize Adult Use Cannabis December 17, 2020 Sean Mack New Jersey 0 Comments On December 17, 2020, both houses of New Jersey’s legislature passed companion bills to create a new regulatory framework to govern the cultivation, processing, distribution and sale of state legal marijuana. The bill is expected to be promptly signed into… Read More→
Cannabis legalized in New Jersey—Is New York next? November 25, 2020 Lori Green New York 0 Comments While New York has become more marijuana-friendly in recent years, New Jersey’s voter-approved legalization creates incentives for the New York State Legislature to reconsider its stance. By Lori B. Green, Brandon Coyle, Catherine A. Savio, Nixon Peabody LLP The time… Read More→
New Jersey Moves Quickly (Finally) To Establish A Cannabis Regulatory Commission November 9, 2020 Sean Mack New Jersey 0 Comments Three days after New Jersey voters approved a referendum to legalize adult use marijuana, New Jersey’s Governor announced the appointment of the leaders of the newly forming Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC). The creation of the CRC was called for under… Read More→
Recreational Marijuana Legalized by New Jersey Voters November 4, 2020 AggregatedNews New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania 0 Comments Voters approved a constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis in New Jersey, putting pressure on neighboring states like New York. After years of legislative failures, New Jersey voters on Tuesday authorized the legal use of recreational marijuana in a year when… Read More→
1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal November 4, 2020 AggregatedNews Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota 0 Comments New Jersey, Arizona and Montana passed measures to legalize adult-use marijuana. South Dakota became the first state to authorize both medical and recreational sales at the same time. Some 16 million Americans were added to the list of places that… Read More→
Pot politics: Some Northeast states regroup on legalization January 13, 2020 AggregatedNews New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Policy & Legal 0 Comments NEW YORK — A year ago, marijuana legalization looked like it was on a roll in the Northeast — it had already passed in three of the region’s states and was a priority for governors in three more, including the… Read More→
New Jersey Leads Nation in Hemp Program Approval and Launch December 30, 2019 Steven Schain Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Jersey got there first! Leapfrogging over 16 other states with more established hemp programs, on December 27, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) approved New Jersey’s proposed hemp growing, processing and selling regulations, including Cannabidol (“CBD”), starting in 2020.… Read More→
NJ legal weed vote: Marijuana legalization to be decided in the 2020 election November 19, 2019 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments TRENTON - After nearly two years of back-and-forth over legalizing marijuana, New Jersey legislative leaders announced Monday that legal weed is heading to the polls, setting up a pivotal ballot question in the 2020 election. If voters approve the measure, New… Read More→
How Democrats are failing on legalized marijuana May 21, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Overall, the year has not lived up to expectations. This was supposed to be the big year for marijuana legalization. But in many state capitols across the country, efforts have stalled or collapsed as Democrats clash over everything from race… Read More→
New Jersey and Adult-Use Marijuana—Perfect Together? March 28, 2018 Steven Schain New Jersey 0 Comments By Steven Schain How gung-ho is New Jersey's proposed adult-use marijuana program? Beyond generating tens of millions of annual tax revenue, New Jersey's adult-use marijuana program will decimate neighboring states' medical marijuana programs. How gung-ho is New Jersey’s proposed adult-use… Read More→
NJ Governor Murphy Projects Adult Use Cannabis Legalization by January 2019 March 14, 2018 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments In his first budget address, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today reaffirmed his commitment to promptly expand the state’s currently moribund medical marijuana program, and the full legalization of adult use marijuana by January 1, 2019. In his address, Governor… Read More→
Irony of Ironies, Christie uses Cannabis Argument to push for legal Sports Betting in NJ December 5, 2017 Rob Meagher New Jersey 0 Comments Odds Drop on Sports-Betting Ban As Supreme Court Hears New Jersey Case At the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, the justices signaled they may be prepared to strike down the federal ban on sports betting. Enacted 25 years ago, the… Read More→
Can Legalizing Marijuana Help to Save Atlantic City? June 15, 2016 AggregatedNews New Jersey, Policy & Legal 0 Comments In 1976, New Jersey citizens voted to give Atlantic City the sole authority to operate casinos, a decision that saved the famed but fading seaside resort from collapse. Now 40 years later, a state Assemblyman wants the public to decide… Read More→
What Has to Happen For Recreational Marijuana to be Legal in New Jersey? June 14, 2016 AggregatedNews New Jersey, Policy & Legal 0 Comments As many as 10 states could join Colorado, Alaska, Washington, Washington, D.C., Oregon and legalize recreational marijuana this year. On Tuesday, a New Jersey lawmaker will hold a press conference Tuesday to discuss how a similar law might work here. Still,… Read More→