New Jersey

A group of five entrepreneurs from different backgrounds who became friends by supporting each others’ businesses decided one night over a steak dinner: let’s go for it. After making significant investments of both capital and sweat equity, plus a lengthy regulatory approval process, the partners

New Jersey has some of the most expensive recreational marijuana in the nation. The decision by New Jersey’s largest marijuana company to shutter its second growing facility in four months is raising questions about New Jersey’s marijuana supply. Curaleaf announced last week the company is laying

New contract includes wage increases, both future and retroactive, improved health care access and paid federal holidays. The United Food and Commercial Workers union, Local 360, on Tuesday said Columbia Care Inc.’s Cannabist retail location in Deptford voted to ratify its first labor contract. The

Leo Bridgewater, a longtime cannabis advocate, said the June decision wouldn’t have helped New Jersey’s cannabis industry. A recent move intended to increase the number of cannabis businesses run by people with prior convictions for marijuana offenses or who live in economically disadvantaged parts

Ayr Wellness partners with Cannabis advocates Stanley Okoro and Brendon Robinson. Multistate operator Ayr Wellness is teaming up with well-known cannabis advocates Stanley Okoro and Brendon Robinson for the launch of a brand that’ll help support the lifelong friends’ mission to give minorities a

Applications are now being accepted for a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship program dedicated to recruiting and developing a skilled workforce for the legalized cannabis industry. Designed to provide hands-on training and education for individuals looking to begin a retail career in the emerging

TRENTON - Despite all appearances to the contrary, that jar of gummies or vape cartridge at your local convenience store - even the one with the big pot leaf that advertises an indica or sativa strain - is not, in fact, legal weed. Not technically. Across the country, states are reckoning with a

The state Supreme Court said in a unanimous ruling Thursday that police officers improperly used the smell of marijuana to search a man’s car on the New Jersey Turnpike in 2016, a decision that allows the man to withdraw his guilty plea to a weapons offence. The ruling comes more than two years

New ground is about to be broken in New Jersey. NJBIZ reports that Tahir Johnson — the owner of Simply Pure Trenton — is set to become the first entrepreneur with a cannabis-related conviction to own and operate a legal-use dispensary in New Jersey. “We’re really proud to be opening and excited to

Three more New Jersey recreational cannabis retail stores opened recently, further expanding the market to 30 shops where adults over the age 21 may buy legal weed. Sweetspot opened to customers on May 11, Nova Farms on May 19, and Earth & Ivy on May 20. All customers must have a scannable ID or

New Jersey Gov Phil Murphy has signed legislation to separate state tax law from federal regulations that deny standard tax deductions for cannabis businesses. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy this week signed legislation to grant standard business tax deductions to licensed cannabis companies in a

While prices typically drop as a market matures, for now, people in New Jersey are paying high prices for legal recreational marijuana. With one year of legalization under its belt, New Jersey has some of the most expensive recreational cannabis in the country. And it’s going to take time — years