VIDEO: New Jersey Pot Entrepreneurs Take A Hit From Government
Mike McQueeny, chair of Cannabis Practice Group at Genova Burns, explains why it is taking so long for New Jersey to launch medical marijuana businesses.
Mike McQueeny, chair of Cannabis Practice Group at Genova Burns, explains why it is taking so long for New Jersey to launch medical marijuana businesses.
A lawsuit by 25 New Jersey medical cannabis business applicants has forced regulators to halt its application review for the expansion of the state’s medical cannabis program, according to an NJ.com report. The expansion bill was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) in July after lawmakers failed to pass comprehensive recreational legalization reforms.
Five applicants denied last month for medical marijuana business licenses because state officials couldn’t open files in their applications could get a second shot if a state appeals court rules in their favor.
But such a ruling could delay an expansion of the state’s strained medical marijuana program.
In the summer of 2018, Amazon allegedly administered a cheek swab drug test to a top-performing warehouse worker in Edison, New Jersey. The worker used medical cannabis to treat panic attacks, and the test results came back positive.
Medical cannabis is legal in the state of New Jersey. But even after providing the company with a doctor’s note, the worker was fired.
Mayor Stephen Reid is the subject of a lawsuit alleging that borough tried to cover up a conflict of interest in his dual roles as mayor and chief lobbyist for a legal weed opposition group.
The lawsuit, filed by marijuana legalization advocate and blogger Patrick Duff, alleges that the borough of Point Pleasant Beach redacted Reid's private email addresses from records obtained by Duff in an Open Public Records Act request.
The legal saga of a man who claims a state trooper improperly searched his most private of areas for drugs has shifted to federal court — but he wants it to stay in state court.
A lawsuit by 25-year-old Jack Levine of Toms River was removed to federal court July 25 at the request of the deputy attorneys general who are representing the state police. The same day, Levine's attorney, Arthur Lang, asked that the case be returned to state court.
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