New Jersey's busiest medical marijuana dispensary appears to be ready to get even busier.
Curaleaf, formerly known as Compassionate Sciences, opened a new retail location across the street from its existing location in Bellmawr last month and has entered the planning stage for a 100,000-square-foot, indoor growing facility on a remediated landfill here near an intersection of interstates 295 and 76, company and borough officials said. The new facility would be about the size of two football fields.
The scramble to open new medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation centers across New Jersey has begun.
Gov. Murphy issued an order allowing a wide range of ailments to be treated with cannabis two months ago and the state’s five licensed dispensaries are now flooded with thousands of new patients.
Compassionate Care Foundation (CCF), a South Jersey dispensary that previously struggled to attract patients, now has ambitious plans to open two satellite dispensaries and expand cultivation by adding a 135,000-square-foot greenhouse that once nurtured a sea of orchids.
New Jersey is shaping up to have a powerful cannabis base in the southern part of the state as a second medical marijuana dispensary has hired a prominent lobbying firm.
Curaleaf New Jersey in Bellmawr, a branch of the multi-state operator PalliaTech, recently became a client of Public Strategies Impact, spokeswoman Stephanie Semple confirmed.
Public Strategies Impact announced on Wednesday it had formed a strategic alliance with the law firm of Brach Eichler to help businesses participate in the emerging cannabis marketplace in New Jersey.
With an expanded list of eligible conditions, and the registration fee cut in half, New Jersey has seen a massive uptick in participation in its medicinal marijuana program.
The increased demand is resulting in some delays or changes at the state's dispensaries.
Since March 27, when an overhaul of the program went into effect, an additional 4,000 or so patients have signed on to the program that allows the distribution of marijuana for approved debilitating medical conditions.
A national medical marijuana dispensary brand is planting its roots in Forest Hills.
Curaleaf New York will become the second pot dispensary to set up shop in Queens when it opens a 3,000-square-foot storefront at 107-18 70th Road this summer, owners announced Tuesday.
Take that, North Jersey: Your towns may get more state aid than similar ones in South Jersey, but we have one a "biggest" and "busiest" distinction that you don't. Not even New York City, that bastion of all things commerce, comes close.
The biggest legal dispensary of marijuana on the whole East Coast is -- ready for it? -- in an industrial park in Bellmawr.
Following a gradual rebranding process, existing patients – as well as new patients who qualify under New Jersey’s expanded cannabis legislation – will benefit significantly from Curaleaf’s expansion.
Located at 640 Creek Road, the new Curaleaf dispensary was designed to improve patient access, reduce waiting times and enhance overall patient experience while providing a wide range of innovative cannabis products.
Curaleaf, a provider of high-quality, reliable and safe cannabinoid-based products, officially opened a new dispensary across the street from its current Bellmawr location, formerly known as Compassionate Sciences Alternative Treatment Center. Following a gradual rebranding process, existing patients – as well as new patients who qualify under New Jersey’s expanded cannabis legislation – will benefit significantly from Curaleaf’s expansion.
New Jersey's newest medical marijuana dispensary opened Wednesday, the first facility added as part of the governor's massive medical marijuana expansion plan.
Located in Bellmawr, the dispensary -- formerly known as Compassionate Sciences -- opened a satellite location across the street from the existing location, which will become the dispensary's cultivation facility. Compassionate Sciences will now be called Curaleaf, named after the company that bought it less than a year ago.