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N.J. legal weed sales on verge of finally getting OK to begin

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…

More than 170 seek licenses to sell N.J. legal weed as cannabis panel starts taking applications

Round Two of applicants wanting to enter the cannabis industry in New Jersey is officially on. The state Cannabis Regulatory Commission on Tuesday began accepting applications from those interested in opening a retail outlet to sell recreational cannabis to adults.…

Yes, Murphy believes N.J. legal weed sales will begin soon. His state budget says so.

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…

Get ready for the Northeast to become cannabis country

The Northeast is poised to transform the U.S. cannabis industry — and make New York City the nation’s weed capital. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — with a combined population of 33 million — are scrambling to open recreational markets…

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NJ begins considering rules for marijuana consumption lounges

February 25, 2022
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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…

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Legal weed sales could start in New Jersey within weeks, Murphy says

February 24, 2022
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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…

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NJ legalized weed one year ago. Here’s what you can (and still can’t) do with marijuana

February 23, 2022
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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…

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Why you still can’t buy legal pot in N.J. 16 months after voters gave the go-ahead

February 21, 2022
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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…

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Despite delay in N.J. cannabis market, weed workers moving full steam ahead to unionize

February 17, 2022
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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…

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Can This Family Get a Stake in the Big Business of Marijuana?

February 16, 2022
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New Jersey’s cannabis law was partly designed to remedy wrongs in a criminal justice system that disproportionately ensnares Black and Latino people. But the hurdles for small-business owners are high. NEWARK — Bessie White is 78 and determined to cash…

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Murphy says he’d rather be right than fast as N.J. may delay recreational weed sales

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…

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N.J. legal weed sales unlikely to start in February; state may miss key deadline

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…

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NJ marijuana dispensaries want to sell legal weed. So what’s the hold up?

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…

N.J. hires firm to track legal weed ‘from seed to sale’

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…

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N.J. just began accepting applications to grow recreational marijuana. Hundreds started the process.

December 16, 2021
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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…