A new marijuana dispensary has opened in Burlington County, as local governing bodies continue to discuss how recreational marijuana will be regulated within their jurisdictions.
Curaleaf has opened a dispensary in Edgewater Park, the company announced last week. With the new site, Curaleaf said it has tripled the company's cultivation capabilities to serve both the existing New Jersey medical market and the forthcoming adult-use market.
Curaleaf Edgewater Park is a 7,640 square foot dispensary conveniently located off the Burlington Pike at 4237 Route 130 South and is open to all patients with a valid medical card. Curaleaf has been serving New Jersey’s medical community since the opening of its Bellmawr dispensary in 2015, and the Company anticipates opening a third dispensary in Central New Jersey later this summer. Patients will have expanded access to Curaleaf’s diverse line of award-winning product offerings including branded flower, vapes and ingestible products.
New Jersey’s statewide push to allow recreational cannabis for adults is meeting some resistance on the local level. Some towns have already chosen to ban cannabis companies, and others — hoping for more guidance from the Cannabis Regulatory Commission — must decide before the August 21 deadline.
In Edgewater Park, Burlington County the decision was to say yes to a Curaleaf medical marijuana dispensary; the grand opening was Friday.
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf" or the "Company"), a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis, today announced the opening of Curaleaf Edgewater Park, the Company's second dispensary in New Jersey and 107th dispensary nationwide.
To meet the rising demand for state-approved cannabis, the state Department of Health is reviewing 146 applications for six licenses by Nov. 1, including 51 applications vying for two licenses that will be granted in South Jersey. Four of the state's existing medical marijuana facilities, known as Alternative Treatment Centers, are also requesting state approval to add satellite locations.
In Edgewater Park a yet to be named company as completed an application to the New Jersey Department of Health for one of the 6 ATC licenses to be granted in November. The company has the support of local officals "medical marijuana dispensary within the municipality, supported by a grow operation elsewhere in the county. Mayor William Belgard and Committeeman Mike Trainor said they sent a letter of support for the proposal".
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