Despite delay in N.J. cannabis market, weed workers moving full steam ahead to unionize
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 drives throughout New Jersey. Earlier this month nearly two... Read more
Can This Family Get a Stake in the Big Business of Marijuana?
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Three Democratic lawmakers intent on reforming the nation’s cannabis policy are seeking input on a federal marijuana legalization bill with a letter sent to their colleagues in the Senate on Thursday. The letter written by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer of New York, Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden of... Read more
Innovative Industrial Properties Acquires New Jersey Property and Expands Real Estate Partnership with AWH SAN DIEGO, February 10, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIP), the first and only real estate company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: IIPR) focused on the regulated U.S. cannabis industry, announced today that... Read more
February Hodgepodge: An Update from D.C.
Photo By CannabisCamera.com by Michelle Rutter Friberg, NCIA’s Deputy Director of Government Relations It may only be February, but the NCIA government relations team has been busy at work this year advocating for you and your business! Just over the last month, the SAFE Banking Act passed the House... Read more
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 Media on Sunday. “They’re doing a really good job.... Read more
Representative Donald M. Payne, Jr. issued an official statement on January 28, announcing his disapproval that not a single cannabis license, out of 56 licenses issued in New Jersey, was granted to Black-owned businesses. New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) is the entity in charge of issuing any cannabis... Read more
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 the way before the doors can open, including lack... Read more
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 Jersey medical marijuana operators are chomping at the bit... Read more
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 state law, is needed to make sure New Jersey’s... Read more
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