Eatontown

Garden State Dispensary is set to open its third location, in Eatontown, NJ.com reported.
The company already operates dispensaries in Union and Woodbridge.

In addition, TerrAscend, MPX NJ and Harmony plan to open more dispensaries, in Phillipsburg, Atlantic City and Hoboken, respectively.

On top of that, Curaleaf – one of the largest marijuana retailers in the country – announced it will open its second New Jersey dispensary in early 2021, in Bordentown, NJ.com reported.

Garden State Dispensary will open the first medical marijuana dispensary in Monmouth or Ocean counties on Thursday, the state's Department of Health said.

The department issued Garden State Dispensary a permit on Monday to open a satellite dispensary at 59 Route 35, near the entrance to the former Fort Monmouth property. The dispensary received state approval to open last year and then had to fulfill the regulatory requirements for the permit.

New Facility is 12th Dispensary Statewide, First in Monmouth County

The New Jersey Department of Health today announced it has issued a permit to Garden State Dispensary to open a satellite dispensary in Eatontown. The Eatontown dispensary is the 12th facility dispensing marijuana for medical use in New Jersey and the first in Monmouth County.

The Eatontown location is set to open Thursday, September 17. Monmouth County has 7,341 patients in the program, the 4th largest enrollment by county. Garden State Dispensary currently has two sites in Woodbridge and Union.

Monmouth County’s first medical marijuana dispensary will be opened in Eatontown on September 17, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.

The county has 7,341 patients in the program. The state has 86,000. The facility will be the twelfth in New Jersey. This one will be a satellite dispensary run by Garden State Dispensary.

“Expanding access to our growing patient population continues to be a high priority especially during these unprecedented times,” said Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli.

Pending approval from the state department of health, Freehold has taken the first step toward having the first medical marijuana dispensary in Monmouth County.

Garden State Botanicals, a company looking to open a medical marijuana facility on Throckmorton street in Freehold, the Monmouth County seat, received approval of its application at a city council meeting on Monday. Likewise, Garden State Dispensary, headquartered in Woodbridge, received approval from the Department of Health to open a satellite medical marijuana dispensary in Eatontown.

Two Monmouth County communities have moved forward on plans this summer to support a dispensary within their borders if licensed by New Jersey's medical marijuana program.

The Freehold Borough Council voted unanimously on Aug. 19 to support a facility proposed by Garden State Botanicals at a site on Throckmorton Street. The plan still needs approval from the state Department of Health.

As medical marijuana is already being dispensed at a business in Eatontown, multiple entities are seeking municipal support to start their own operations in the borough in accordance with state guidelines.

Earlier this month, a satellite location of Garden State Dispensary opened at 59 Route 35. There, patients who are enrolled in New Jersey’s medical marijuana program may obtain medical marijuana.

Garden State Dispensary, headquartered in Woodbridge, received approval from the Department of Health to open a satellite medical marijuana dispensary in Eatontown, DOH spokeswoman Donna Leusner said in an email.

While the dispensary was approved to "move forward" in the process to open a satellite dispensary, the state still must issue a permit once it "has determined the site meets all of our regulatory requirements," Leusner said.

State officials have denied applications from several entities that were seeking to open and operate an alternative treatment center (ATC) in Eatontown.

In New Jersey, an ATC is a location where medical marijuana is sold to individuals who have certain medical conditions and have been prescribed that course of treatment.