In what may be the ultimate “weed out” course, Cannabis 101 is now offered at a major research university in the Tri-State area.
Its goal is to prepare students for work in the fast-growing field of legal marijuana.
Even on a cold day at the University of Connecticut, there’s a warm glow from the high-pressure sodium lights inside the school’s greenhouse. It’s there that a crop you might expect to be hidden off campus is carefully tended by serious-minded students.
Green Thumb Industries Inc., which is one of the six new Alternative Treatment Center license winners in New Jersey, is also expanding its operations to Connecticut.
The national cannabis consumer packaged goods company and owner-operator of the national retail chain RISE announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Grow Labs LLC.
New Jersey saw immense progress in 2018, though no certain milestones have been reached just yet. The year began with staunchly anti-cannabis Governor Chris Christie succeeded by a pro-cannabis governor, Phil Murphy. Murphy swore to legalize adult use within the first 100 days of his term. This did not occur.
State government officials in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York are working on a plan that would keep the price of recreational marijuana in the three states as close as possible to avoid having customers crossing state borders in search of better deals.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo told the New York Post that he wants to make sure that New York's recreational marijuana framework is consistent with New Jersey and Massachusetts.