The state Department of Health last week waived the rule that restricted the six medical marijuana providers in New Jersey from selling the cartridges. The Department has already received requests for permission from two providers to start producing and selling those products.
Curaleaf New Jersey, the Bellmawr-based dispensary, will start selling its cartridges on Friday, the company said Thursday night.
Jeff Brown, assistant health commissioner, said allowing more medical marijuana products to be sold in New Jersey is a Health Department priority and part of the new rules it proposed earlier this year. Those rules are expected to be finalized in the coming weeks.
"We're always open to accepting ideas and applications for products," Brown said, adding that he didn't see the point in waiting for the rules to be finalized to allow providers to start selling concentrates.
Breakwater Treatment and Wellness, in Cranbury, was the other dispensary to ask the DOH for permission to start selling the vaporizer cartridges. The Health Department is still considering Breakwater, Brown said.
"Vaping is healthier than smoking," said George Schidlovsky, president of Curaleaf NJ. "That opens the door to a lot of new products."