Three new companies will be entering Delaware’s medical marijuana industry as early as this year after state regulators recently issued additional licenses.
Valor Craft Cannabis Company will be based in New Castle, CannTech Research will be based in Dover and Georgetown, and EzyCure LLC will be based in Harrington. Each of the new licensees, chosen from 10 different applicants, has previous experience in the cannabis industry either in Delaware or elsewhere.
Fresh Cannabis, Newark's first medical marijuana dispensary, opened its doors Friday after two years of preparation.
“The residents of Newark and its surrounding areas have been forced to travel far distances to purchase medical cannabis, and we're excited to be able to provide premium product at a much closer location,” said Aaron Epstein, executive vice president for the dispensary's parent company, Compassionate Care Research Institute.
The township will soon be home to one of seven medical marijuana dispensaries in the state after plans for the facility were unanimously approved by the Planning Board during a meeting last month.
Compassionate Care Research Institute LLC, operating as Garden State Dispensary, already has a location in Woodbridge and has plans to open a second site on U.S. Route 22 East in Union at the intersection of Monroe Street. It gained the board’s approval Sept 27, and will be the first business to operate a second facility in the state.
A medical marijuana facility to be located on Route 22 in Union was unanimously approved by the Planning Board at a recent meeting.
Compassionate Care Research Institute, LLC, doing business as Garden State Dispensary, will be located at 2536 Route 22 East. According to testimony at the Planning Board meeting, Compassionate Care’s Woodbridge site is currently one of only six alternative treatment centers licensed by the State of New Jersey to dispense medical marijuana to patients.
No one is laughing at Scutari now. Having also authored the bill that made medical marijuana legal in New Jersey in 2010, he's now the industry darling, and it shows in the amount of money lobbyists, cannabis companies and doctors have poured into his election campaigns.
In the last three years, the marijuana industry has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Scutari and other elected officials who are leading the charge on legalization, according to data filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.