Half of the 14 new licenses for medical marijuana went to businesses in Central Jersey. Four of 14 would grow and sell at dispensaries. Ten are cultivators.
PAAD, Senior Gold, Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund and Victims of Crime Compensation Office would cover or share costs for patients' cannabis.
On Election Day 2020, New Jersey voted to legalize marijuana in New Jersey. While politics are getting in the way of making weed legal in the Garden State, that hasn't stopped two new dispensaries to open here at the Jersey Shore.
Patients not in a long-term care facility, with a developmental disability, terminally ill or housebound would still need in-person doctor visit first.
Senate and Assembly approve a plan to make it easier to erase past criminal convictions. They're looking at possible changes to medical marijuana bill.
A rapid expansion of New Jersey's medical marijuana program may go beyond what lawmakers envision in bill one vote from reaching Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk.
Final legislative approval of medical marijuana expansion is likely June 10. Senate tweaked the bill to further encourage the industry's workers to unionize.