Why growing cannabis in the Garden State isn’t as easy as you’d think | Prof. Mejia’s Weed Corner
A major decision when starting a cannabis cultivation operation in New Jersey is what type of facility to build. To start, you may want to...
Category: Cannabis Industry
The uncertain future of New York’s Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary program
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. The immediate consequences of the lawsuit roiling New...
Honeybee Collective’s Chris Becker talks about entering the New York cannabis market
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Denver-based cannabis brand The Honeybee Collective has partnered...
Moving away from ‘guesstimates’: How much CBD is too much CBD?
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. This guest column is from Scott Mazza, co-founder...
Application period, CDI boundaries and more: Ask me anything about cannabis legalization with Jeffrey Hoffman
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Jeffrey Hoffman is a New York City-based attorney...
NY’s women in cannabis: Mireille Souvenir
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Mireille Souvenir is the finance manager for Athenian...
Learn about the NYS cannabis industry; content and networking for new and existing business owners
NY Cannabis Insider is hosting its last industry conference of the year at the Sonesta in White Plains, N.Y. on November 16 from 9:00 a.m....
License approved, Newark cannabis lounge plans early 2024 opening
A cannabis smoking lounge planned for downtown Newark by rapper Raekwon the Chef of the Wu-Tang Clan, hip-hop radio personality Charlamagne tha God, and a...
Feds want to reclassify marijuana as a lower risk drug. Here’s what it means for N.J. weed.
A recent recommendation by a federal agency to change the legal status of marijuana to a less restrictive drug category could have a big impact...
No dodging the punch of Mike Tyson’s hard-hitting weed edibles. My review and advice
Mike Bites, the vegan, gluten-free gummy lozenges from former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand, are available in some — notably, not all — of...
Retired judge: The promise and progress of social justice under New Jersey’s cannabis law | Opinion
By Julio Mendez Landmark legislation was enacted two years ago providing for the legalization and decriminalization of adult-use cannabis in New Jersey. Voters overwhelmingly passed...
People to know in NY cannabis: Freeman Klopott
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Freeman Klopott is a vice president with Marino...
NY Cannabis Insider’s week in legal weed for Oct. 21, 2023
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. How are those applications going for everyone? As...
Shop closed for illegal weed sales sues city, claims mayor helped initiate unlawful action
Syracuse, N.Y. — A retail shop in Syracuse accused of illegal marijuana sales has filed a lawsuit saying the city acted illegally when it ordered...
More legal weed stores aren’t opening in N.J. because towns are slow to approve, state cannabis agency says
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission approved more than 100 licenses Thursday and cited municipal approvals, lack of site control and access to finances as...
Distributors: the license that may disrupt everything in New York’s cannabis industry
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. While prospective cannabis entrepreneurs are busy applying for...
Notice to municipalities, certified strains and D9: ‘Ask me anything’ about cannabis legalization with Jeffrey Hoffman
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Jeffrey Hoffman is a New York City-based attorney...
New York cannabis regulators extend licensing deadline, approve emergency regulations
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. New York’s Cannabis Control Board extended deadlines for general marijuana...
NY’s women in Cannabis: Yvette Pagano
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Yvette Pagano is chief commercial officer at GenTech...
Bill to severely cut NYC cannabis dispensary taxes still awaiting governor’s signature
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. To great fanfare, New York State recently allowed...
People to know in NY cannabis: Paul Suits, Jr.
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Paul Suits, Jr., is the co-founder and CEO...
Hundreds attend N.J. cannabis event to network, get exclusive insights about industry’s future
Power, politics and pot. Wanda James, a dispensary owner and pioneering figure in the cannabis industry, opened NJ Cannabis Insider’s all-day networking conference Thursday with...
N.J. introduces campaign to promote safe cannabis use
New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission, along with several community partners, gathered in Trenton Wednesday to kick off the state’s first campaign promoting safe, legal weed...
If you’re a N.J. cannabis business, you shouldn’t miss this all-day event. Last chance to sign up here
NJ Cannabis Insider’s Oct. 12 conference in Newark is finally here. With some 200 insiders expected to gather to network and hear from their peers...
Portland attorney accepts reprimand from state bar in lucrative marijuana case
The Oregon State Bar has settled its case against Portland attorney Nick Slinde, issuing him a public reprimand for his role in a real estate...
NY Cannabis Insider to host full-day conference for new and advanced industry business owners and license applicants
NY Cannabis Insider is hosting an industry summit at the Sonesta in White Plains, N.Y. on November 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Details...
People to know in NY cannabis: Jennifer Tzar
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Jennifer Tzar is the founder, CEO and creative...
Intense B2B speed-networking session at heart of N.J.’s top cannabis conference. Here’s how to join
NJ Cannabis Insider’s Oct. 12 conference in Newark will have more than 40 vendors — nearly half of them leaf-touching businesses — and 26 speakers...
Focus on women-owned cannabis businesses at premier N.J. business conference Oct. 12
Earlier this year, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission noted that of 1,600 applications more than 400 are women-owned business. This year, just about half...
These top elected N.J. city officials want to see more legal cannabis stores open. Meet them here
He is simply known as the municipal cannabis attorney. A former city councilman in two towns (Kinnelon and Fair Lawn), Ron Mondello for years advised...
NY Cannabis Insider’s week in legal weed for October 7, 2023
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. This week marked the opening of general cannabis...
Meet the Jersey guy who’s the nation’s leading expert on cannabis security at major N.J. business event Oct. 12
In the burgeoning legal cannabis space, whether in New Jersey or in other legalized sates, one has become synonymous with compliance and security planning: Tony...
Social equity cannabis companies to be showcased at N.J.’s largest business conference Oct. 12
For NJ Cannabis Insider’s Oct. 12 conference, we have partnered with Holistic Solutions Dispensary in South Jersey to put a spotlight on several social equity...
Licensing, labor unions and more: ‘Ask me anything’ about NY cannabis with Jeffrey Hoffman
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Jeffrey Hoffman is a New York City-based attorney...
It’s one step forward, two steps back for cannabis industry in Hoboken
Hoboken voters overwhelmingly approved the legalization of marijuana in a 2020 statewide referendum, yet cannabis entrepreneurs trying to open businesses in the city have all...
How to get a N.J. permit to manufacture edibles at Oct. 12 business conference
Cooking with cannabis is like being a chef who finds five new spices, says Rob Mejia, New Jersey educator and author of The Essential Cannabis...
A new independent N.J. legal weed store opens in Union County
EDITOR’S NOTE: NJ Cannabis Insider, NJ.com’s B2B cannabis industry trade journal and events vertical, is hosting the state’s foremost business conference on Oct. 12. Tickets...
NJ Cannabis Insider Oct. 12 conference afterparty at one of N.J.’s top restaurants of 2023
At least a dozen legal weed dispensaries are confirmed to participate at NJ Cannabis Insider’s day-long conference on Oct. 12 in Newark, featuring a Who’s...
Crisis of credibility at NY’s Office of Cannabis Management (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. This guest column is from Thomas Spanos, a...
How I built NY’s first legacy-to-legal brand (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. This guest column is from Colin Decker, owner...
NY’s women in cannabis: Jahmila Edwards
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. Jahmila Edwards is the co-founder of Stash Queens...
Navigating New York’s adult-use dispensary licensing with expert guidance (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. This guest column is from Jordan Isenstadt, a...
Nearly 70 cannabis stores now open in N.J. Meet many of them at Oct. 12 business event
There are now 66 cannabis dispensaries open in New Jersey, a majority serving recreational consumers. At least a dozen dispensary owners or representatives are confirmed...
Complete list of places to buy legal weed in N.J.
Of the 66 stores where you can buy legal weed in New Jersey, 18 are recreational only and 13 are for medical patients. Each shop...
Barclay: Cloudy haze hangs over NY’s cannabis rollout (Your Letters)
To the Editor: I continue to wonder why the state should even be legalizing marijuana at a time when New York is grappling with rampant...
NY Cannabis Insider’s week in legal weed for September 30, 2023
Join NY Cannabis Insider for our next full-day conference on Nov. 16 at the Sonesta White Plains. New York’s Office of Cannabis Management will launch...
New details about how to apply for a NY cannabis license starting on Oct. 4
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management is opening the application process for general licenses on Oct. 4, and the agency today released a 45-page document...
Regulators, politicians, business leaders to speak, network at N.J.’s premier cannabis conference: Panels, topics, ticket info
New Jersey’s premier B2B cannabis business conference and networking event returns to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Newark Airport on Oct. 12. The day-long conference...
This family operated weed store is one of the largest in N.J.
EDITOR’S NOTE: NJ Cannabis Insider, NJ.com’s B2B cannabis industry trade journal and events vertical, is hosting the state’s foremost business conference on Oct. 12. Tickets are limited....
Over 2,000 Oregonians needed to judge the state’s best weed
Do you love weed? Are you a little bit judgy? Then this could be the job for you: High Times is looking for 2,100 Oregonians...