ATC (alternative treatment center)

SilverLeaf Wellness will be hosting a grand opening on Tuesday, May 16 at 1743 Route 27 in Somerset. During its first week open, customers can get 25 percent off.

The dispensary will offer a wide range of medical cannabis products to patients with qualifying medical conditions.

The first women-owned medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors to customers in Atlantic City on Friday.

The dispensary, Design 710, held a grand opening celebration along the unit block of Park Place.

Shortly after the legal weed market opened 11 months ago, the Cannabis Regulatory Commission cited five cannabis operators — Ascend, Curaleaf, Verano, GTI and Acreage — for selling to the public during times reserved for registered patients.

These violations are still happening, but with less frequency.

Acreage Holdings, doing business as The Botanist, and Verano, known to its customers as Zen Leaf, each paid a $5,000 fine this year for failing to prioritize patients in their shops.

Holistic Solutions is opening as the first and only dispensary in Waterford, which is located within the Philadelphia metro area. The ATC, which has over 4,000 square feet of sales space, 11 point of sale stations for seamless purchasing, a private consultation room for discussions with onsite medical professionals and a convenient drive-thru window, will provide care and education to patients enrolled in New Jersey’s Medicinal Cannabis Program.

Suzan Nickelson, a dedicated and revolutionary leader in the New Jersey cannabis scene who has been working to open her medical dispensary, Holistic Solutions, for the past five years, is pleased to announce the dispensary has passed all inspections and has received state approval to open. The Alternative Treatment Center (“ATC”), located at 451 White Horse Pike in Waterford, NJ 08004, will open to the public today (2/6/2023).

There are at least two entities with a serious interest in operating a cannabis retail store on any of three state highways that pass through the borough, according to Township Clerk/Administrator Kevin Sluka, who says he receives 2-3 calls weekly from others inquiring about licensing, potential locations, local ordinances and other logistical matters.

Behind the beige walls of this former 120,000-square-foot Walmart store in Branchburg, N.J., blooms an emerald green indoor cannabis farm for multi-state operator Verano Holdings Corp.

After winning a permit in 2018 from the New Jersey to supply cannabis for the Garden State’s medical program, Verano’s VRNOF VRNO cultivation facility now grows and processes jars of dried flower, pre-rolled cannabis cigarettes, gummies and vaping oil for the company’s Zen Leaf dispensaries in the state.

The Raritan Borough Council passed an ordinance permitting medical cannabis alternative treatment centers (ATCs) to operate as an expanded ATC dispensary—allowing ATCs such as Valley Wellness to sell recreational cannabis.

The next step for Valley Wellness includes appearing before the planning board for additional site plan approval since their current site plan only applies to medical marijuana use. Brian Tipton, the attorney representing Valley Wellness, said back in October that will likely happen months from now into the new year.

A new medical cannabis dispensary is opening in Somerset County. Located at 407 U.S. 202 in Raritan, Valley Wellness will open its doors Friday, according to a Thursday announcement from Sarah Trent, founder and CEO of the dispensary.