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Bruce Barcott, a Leafly senior editor and the executive producer of Leafly Reports, calculated there are currently 3,146 full-time jobs supporting $189 million in sales statewide. Applicants will be able to upload their resume, browse exhibitor booths for new opportunities, and live chat with recruiters. During this two-day virtual event, recruiters can chat with prospects […]
As New Jersey began selling adult recreational cannabis on Thursday at medical dispensaries in a dozen locations, a chief concern is keeping it out of the hands of those who are under 21. Phil Murphy to toughen penalties for minors before the landmark cannabis legalization bill was ultimately signed in February 2021 to ensure that. […]
A scan of planning board filings shows most, though not all, are Jersey City residents. So far 22 businesses either have applied or are waiting for a date on the Jersey City planning board agenda to apply. “One thing COVID taught us is you have to know how to adapt,” he said. Elgawly is a […]
Julie Roginsky, a Democrat, and Mike DuHaime, a Republican, are consultants who have worked on opposite teams for their entire careers yet have remained friends throughout. Attorney General Matt Platkin said off-duty cops would not face discipline for using cannabis, though Gov. I was opposed to legalizing weed because I’m a stick in the mud, […]
This prevents large out-of-state operators from dominating the market, but these licenses are merely a pathway. Rev. Indeed, New York State has just created a $200 million equity fund for this purpose, and advocates believe that’s something New Jersey can do. Murphy has yet to address the clemency request made by non-profits such as the […]
Last week, the cannabis industry voted who will be recognized as the best in their categories. Businesses in the cannabis space were nominated for their achievements by subscribers of NJ Cannabis Insider, a weekly trade journal and events group produced by the NJ Advance Media newsroom, which powers NJ.com and The Star-Ledger, among other affiliated […]
The vote came less than three weeks after the commission rejected the applications of alternative treatment centers as Brown announced they were about 100,000 pounds short of meeting the demand for both the medical and recreational markets. The panel on Monday also approved another 34 conditional licenses for smaller cultivators and manufacturers to grow crops […]
“It came from out of the blue,” said one executive who asked not to be identified since his company applied to expand into the adult-use market. That, she said, includes the inventory of weed, how many medical marijuana patients are enrolled, and making sure each alternative treatment center, as well as the whole state, have […]
“It came from out of the blue,” said one executive who asked not to be identified since his company applied to expand into the adult-use market. That, she said, includes the inventory of weed, how many medical marijuana patients are enrolled, and making sure each alternative treatment center, as well as the whole state, have […]
The council also added more than $200,000 annually to the public safety spending when it approved a new $155,000 public safety director position and $255,000 police chief salary. According to the ordinance, landlords may not collect a lump sum of rent increases that it would have had in the past two years had there not […]
A vote on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, will reach the House floor as early as Wednesday, according to the schedule released Friday. At the time, Rep. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance […]
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Suddenly, however, the implications of being weed-friendly are becoming more real, and not everyone’s happy with the new reality. The application that set all of this in motion is for a dispensary on 14th and Hudson Streets in the former location of Hudson Tavern. She received about 100 emails in response, she said most being […]
The CRC has refused, multiple times, to release the specific number of licenses, claiming it has no data available to do so. Black and Hispanic populations in New Jersey and elsewhere bore the brunt of collateral damage in the War on Drugs. New Jersey is also a pharmaceutical powerhouse, with multiple companies having headquarters in […]
“I’m very optimistic with the progress that’s being made to open New Jersey’s legal cannabis market. The CRC has 90 days to review an application to sell adult-consumer legal weed. On March 16, NJ Cannabis Insider is hosting its first big business conference and networking event at the Carteret Performing Arts Center in Carteret. NJ […]
“Again, we have not committed to any date for expansion or otherwise,” commission Spokeswoman Toni- Anne Blake told NJ Advance Media Friday. The board on Thursday also announced three public hearings, all virtual, on how tax revenue can be used best to help communities. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, […]
“If you want to know the real impact of anything, you have to start from a point in time,” he said. The data includes a hard look at cannabis legalization’s impact on law enforcement patterns. The number of Black residents arrested for selling marijuana was more than five times higher than white residents. The Rutgers […]
“Cannabis-related businesses — big and small — and their employees are in desperate need of access to the banking system and access to capital in order to operate in an efficient, safe manner and compete in the growing global cannabis marketplace,” said the measure’s chief sponsor, Rep. Federally regulated banks have been caught in the […]
Unfortunately New Jersey is not a price regulated state,” Kevin Noland, a supervising investigator for the office’s consumer service center wrote in Jan. Goldstein is a member of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey, a citizen organization and self-appointed watchdog for the medicinal cannabis program, while Grimes is president of Sativa Cross, a cannabis […]