The state Department of Health said it has issued final permits to Zen Leaf Elizabeth and Columbia Care in Vineland to begin dispensing marijuana. That brings the state total to 11 dispensaries.
Zen Leaf, operated by Verano NJ, will open its doors Friday in Elizabeth. Columbia Care plans to open in early June. Both received licenses to grow, process and dispense medical marijuana during a licensing round in 2018.
The New Jersey Department of Health this week issued permits allowing Zen Leaf Elizabeth (Verano NJ) in Elizabeth and Columbia Care in Vineland to begin dispensing medical marijuana. This brings the total number of operating dispensaries in the state to 11.
“It is critical that we continue to expand access for patients especially during these unprecedented times,” Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. “ The availability of these new ATCs will provide residents in the northern and southern parts of the state better access to products they need to treat their conditions.”
New Jersey: Completed construction on more than 50,000ft2 vertically integrated facility with first harvest expected in early July. Actively hiring staff and anticipate opening first dispensary in Vineland in June to take advantage of wholesale supply availability.
The final medical marijuana dispensary licensed by New Jersey in 2018 can start growing cannabis, the state Health Department said Monday.
Justice Grown in Ewing received its permit to cultivate last week, the department said in a release. The brings the state total to 12.
While a dozen alternative treatment centers can now grow weed, only seven have permission to sell it. Two of the companies also have satellite dispensaries, for a total of nine storefronts.
Columbia Care, a medical cannabis company with licenses in 18 U.S. and European Union jurisdictions, has acquired a 50K SF vacant building in Vineland, New Jersey, near Atlantic City, from LS Capital for a reported $2.6M.
Columbia Care New Jersey, a state-approved medical marijuana grower and retailer, now expects its dispensary in Vineland to open early in the second quarter of 2020.
Columbia Care put out the estimate on Monday as part of a public “operational update in response to COVID-19.” The advisory also states it has “essential service” designation under New Jersey's strategy to deal with the coronavirus.
Columbia Care did not respond to requests from The Daily Journal last week for information about its schedule. Vineland will be Columbia Care's first site in the state.
Columbia Care, which holds one of six licenses in New Jersey to cultivate cannabis, has purchased its first location in the Garden State.
The company, a global medical cannabis operation with licenses in 18 jurisdictions in the United States and Europe, bought a vacant industrial building in the southern part of the state at 1560 N. West Blvd. in Vineland for $2.6 million, according to CoStar data.
They are all Democrats, but the primary candidates vying for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, differ on how they view legalization of recreational cannabis.
Montclair State University Professor Brigid Harrison, of Longport; West Cape May Commissioner John Francis; and former House Oversight Committee staffer Will Cunningham, of Vineland, favor legalization as a social justice and economic driver.
The state Department of Health has issued permits for three companies to begin growing medical marijuana and eventually opening dispensaries.
The permits were awarded to Verano, which plans to turn a vacant Walmart on Route 22 in Readington into a medical marijuana production facility; MPX NJ in Pleasantville and Columbia Care NJ in Vineland.
After their products are tested by the state and their dispensaries are ready to be operational, a second permit will be issued to operate an alternative treatment center.
Verano in Readington, MPX New Jersey in Pleasantville, and Columbia Care New Jersey in Vineland were granted medical cannabis cultivation permits, the New Jersey Department of Health announced Tuesday.
This marks the permitting of five of the “new six” medical cannabis businesses awarded licenses by New Jersey in December 2018. There has been movement in this space multiple times in the last two months.