New Jersey’s Medicinal Marijuana Review Panel has recommended that the state’s health department add 43 conditions to the list of illnesses that would qualify patients to receive medical cannabis cards.
Many of the suggested additions are variations of the same condition, Philly.com reported. For example, there are several categories of chronic pain, …
By John Schroyer, Bart Schaneman and Omar Sacirbey
Hawaii approves its first medical marijuana testing lab, Florida’s MMJ program adds 10,000 patients in less than two months, and New Jersey awards its final dispensary license.
Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the marijuana industry over the past week.
Six years and several executive and investor changes later, Harmony Foundation became the sixth and final medical marijuana business in New Jersey to get its cultivation license.
The dispensary plans to be operational by the end of the year, NJ.com reported.
Harmony will operate as a vertically integrated grow and dispensing business …
By Omar Sacirbey
At first blush, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott’s veto Wednesday of a limited recreational marijuana bill delivered a major blow to legalization efforts in the state and hopes for a new cannabis industry there.
But the governor, in fact, left the door open to a compromise this year.
A New Jersey state panel of doctors recommended expanding the the list of treatable conditions for medical marijuana to include chronic pain, a move that would likely widen the patient pool and boost MMJ sales.
According to the Newark Star-Ledger and the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Medicinal Marijuana Review …
By Eli McVey
New Jersey’s medical marijuana industry posted a banner year in 2016, with patient counts ballooning 76% and sales volume doubling thanks to a series of small changes to the state’s MMJ program and the opening of two new dispensaries.
New Jersey’s medical marijuana program saw its patient count nearly double last year, breaking the 10,000 mark for the first time, according to an annual report released by the New Jersey Department of Health.
The jump in patients should be welcome news for New Jersey’s five operating medical marijuana dispensaries, which will likely …
By John Schroyer
After a landmark year in cannabis legalization, marijuana advocates have plenty of work left. And they’re not resting on their laurels.
The Marijuana Policy Project calculates a whopping 37 legalization bills for medical or recreational marijuana are likely to be introduced in 33 states and the District of Columbia in 2017.
More than 450 people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder have enrolled in New Jersey’s medical marijuana program since mid-September, when Gov. Chris Christie agreed to add PTSD to the list of treatable conditions for MMJ.
The PTSD enrollees amount to about 4% of the 10,800 MMJ patients who legally buy medical cannabis from one …
State lawmakers from Tennessee and New Jersey have traveled to Colorado recently to glean insights from the medical and recreational marijuana industries there and investigate the potential economic benefits for their own states.
The visits are expected to fuel efforts to pass legislation next year expanding MMJ in Tennessee and establishing adult-use cannabis …
By Omar Sacirbey
New Jersey’s medical marijuana program continues to overcome obstacles and has been growing more rapidly than anticipated, an encouraging sign for cannabis entrepreneurs.
Patient growth is accelerating, and recent developments could fuel the industry’s forward momentum – including a decision Wednesday by Gov. Chris Christie.
An outspoken opponent of legalized cannabis, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is coming under pressure to sign legislation that would add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of qualifying conditions for the state’s medical marijuana program.
The inclusion of PTSD would be a shot in the arm for the state’s MMJ industry, given …