Hundreds of local residents every year get wrapped up in the serious criminal laws for cultivating cannabis.
Those who grow their own can face an array of penalties. In New Jersey, growing more than 10 plants brings the most serious charges. In Pennsylvania, growing even a single seedling is considered a felony.
But there is a big difference in how both states treat underground cannabis farmers.
Convictions are easy for prosecutors to win. The sentences imposed are at the discretion of judges and range across the board from light to draconian.
"We're putting this in place so there is no widespread rush to set up anything in our community," Mayor Emil Carafa said.
Edward "Lefty" Grimes, a self-styled medical marijuana activist, attended the Borough Council's session Tuesday with the hope that he might persuade it to treat medical marijuana and recreational marijuana differently.
If you’re like me and follow cannabis news on a daily basis, it’s easy to feel complacent and convince yourself that the fight for medical cannabis is over. After all, a constant barrage of overwhelming positive polls on the issue could make one think focus can finally be shifted toward recreational cannabis and changing federal law.
New legislation designed to "significantly increase" access to New Jersey's medical marijuana program would allow more dispensaries and cultivation centers to open and permit more medical professionals to refer their patients, NJ Advance Media has learned.
The bill was introduced Tuesday by Sens. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, and Declan O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth, in response to Gov. Phil Murphy's call to reform New Jersey's medical marijuana program.
Following a gradual rebranding process, existing patients – as well as new patients who qualify under New Jersey’s expanded cannabis legislation – will benefit significantly from Curaleaf’s expansion.
Located at 640 Creek Road, the new Curaleaf dispensary was designed to improve patient access, reduce waiting times and enhance overall patient experience while providing a wide range of innovative cannabis products.
Curaleaf, a provider of high-quality, reliable and safe cannabinoid-based products, officially opened a new dispensary across the street from its current Bellmawr location, formerly known as Compassionate Sciences Alternative Treatment Center. Following a gradual rebranding process, existing patients – as well as new patients who qualify under New Jersey’s expanded cannabis legislation – will benefit significantly from Curaleaf’s expansion.
With American support for legalizing cannabis at an all-time high, all sorts of people are keeping up with news about it. Which state will be the next one to fully legalize it? Who's the latest politician to introduce a legalization bill? It has gone from a political debate question to something both sides of the spectrum have found some common ground on.
At Oceanport’s April 19 council meeting, the governing body voted 5-0 to approve an amendment to an ordinance that prohibits the launch of any business engaged in the growth or sale of medicinal and recreational marijuana or paraphernalia in any of the borough’s zoning districts, including its section of Fort Monmouth.
Council president Joseph A. Irace said the ordinance was a preemptive movement to counteract future development plans for borough property that might coincide with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s stated intentions to legalize marijuana.
The Harmony Foundation, a medical marijuana facility on Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus, recently began harvesting its strains -- a crucial step before opening sometime this spring, according to Harmony Foundation spokeswoman Leslie Hoffman. Last July, the state issued Harmony a permit to begin growing its products.
The facility is a dispensary, meaning patients can pick up their prescriptions there.
The Court stated that the medical benefits of marijuana weren’t recognized in 1971 when New Jersey first adopted the federal government’s classification of the drug. More recent scientific research suggests that marijuana has “potential therapeutic value” for pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, and appetite stimulation, among other medicinal benefits.
Notice of the Division’s public conferences was published today in the New Jersey Register.