A dozen years after the medical marijuana law was signed in New Jersey, registered patients no longer pay sales tax on their medicine, and a growing number of people live in communities where home delivery service is available. The sales tax on medical cannabis sales ended July 1, as... Read more
Ice T and a Playboy Playmate Charis B, founder of The Medicine Woman, are teaming up to open a dispensary in Jersey City, New Jersey, and cleared the first hurdle in doing so. On July 25 The Medicine Woman New Jersey, a proposed dispensary co-owned by Ice T and... Read more
Consumers, business leaders, and pro-cannabis advocates continue to accuse the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission of dragging its feet on changes they seek to the nascent adult-use cannabis industry. The commission is set to meet for its monthly meeting Thursday, where it will discuss an array of topics, including making... Read more
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 cannabis would be legalized for recreational use. As I... Read more
Medical marijuana patients in New Jersey no longer have to pay state sales tax when they buy cannabis from a licensed dispensary, officials recently announced. The new tax rate became effective on July 1, according to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC). “As the sales tax has been... Read more
Exclusive Interview with Cansortium CEO Robert Beasley Cansortium (CSE: TIUM.U) (OTCQX: CNTMF) has vertically integrated operations in the Florida market and a footprint in three other U.S. states. New Cannabis Ventures last checked in with the company in 2019. Since then, a new CEO has come on board. Robert... Read more
New Jersey is making headlines with their policy of prioritizing folks with prior cannabis convictions when it comes to working legally in the industry. While putting social equity first and allowing people of color and those affected by the War on Drugs a chance to enter the industry is... Read more
New Jersey fined some of the U.S,’s largest marijuana companies for violating rules put in place when the state started sales of recreational pot in April. Curaleaf Holdings Inc. and four other dispensaries with locations in New Jersey processed almost 3,200 recreational sales during hours that should have been reserved for... Read more
Exclusive Interview with TerrAscend Chairman Jason Wild and President and COO Ziad Ghanem TerrAscend (CSE: TER) (OTCQX: TRSSF) is continuing to execute on its strategy of going deep, not wide, according to Chairman Jason Wild. Three of the company’s key markets, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, are set to... Read more
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