Jersey City Mayor Fulop in partnership with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka released the following statement this morning regarding New Jersey’s upcoming cannabis legislation, to be voted on next week. After assurance from state leaders that they will continue to seek full …
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Former Chewing Gum Mogul Brings Branding Know-How to Florida Medical Marijuana Business
William Wrigley Jr. II, whose great-grandfather made chewing gum a cornerstone of American confectionery history, has made a major investment in a company to make medical marijuana someday as mainstream as his family’s famous Wrigley’s Spearmint gum. Wrigley, who retired …
Read More »Nearly one-fifth of Californians are still buying marijuana from black market, study finds
(Smell the Truth file photo) Some cannabis consumers are still buying their products on a criminal level, despite California’s newly regulated legal market. A report published by the Bay Area-based cannabis delivery company Eaze found that 18 percent of California’s …
Read More »Cynthia Nixon: Legalizing Marijuana is a Racial Justice Issue
By Chris Carola ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A week after telling two interviewers her support for legalizing recreational use of marijuana in New York was revenue-based, Democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon said Wednesday, April 11, 2018, that it’s foremost …
Read More »New Jersey Set to Undertake Massive Expansion of Its Medical Marijuana Program
“We need to treat our residents with compassion,” Governor Murphy said in January when he ordered a review of the state’s MMJ program. “We cannot turn a deaf ear to our veterans, the families of children facing terminal illness, or …
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New Jersey Greatly Expands Medical Marijuana Qualifying Conditions and Dispensary Access – News
NJ Gov. Murphy Looks to Legal-Cannabis States to Predict Possible Revenue
By Mike Catalini TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy looked to four states with legalized recreational marijuana as a guide for calculating the $60 million in new tax money legalization could bring into New Jersey. Treasury officials say they …
Read More »Connecticut Lawmakers Taking Another Look at Legalizing Marijuana
By Susan Haigh HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut legislators are under pressure to revisit legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, as a growing number of New England states are allowing people to possess and use pot. There is concern among …
Read More »New Jersey Poll Shows People Support Recreational Marijuana
“Decriminalization alone will not put the corner dealer out of business, it will not help us protect our kids, and it will not end the racial disparities we see. If these are our goals, as they must be, then the …
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