Maple Shade, NJ Rejects Zoning Application for Medical Marijuana Distributor
Township officials have rejected a plan to locate a medical marijuana dispensary in a former furniture store along Route 73 in Maple Shade.
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Township officials have rejected a plan to locate a medical marijuana dispensary in a former furniture store along Route 73 in Maple Shade.
A southern New Jersey zoning board is the first in the state to hold a public hearing on a proposal to use a building to sell legal medical marijuana.
Two non-profits have been approved to operate in South Jersey. They appear to have their sights set on Burlington County.
It appears that South Jersey's two state-approved medical marijuana licensees both plan to set up shop in Burlington County.
South Jersey's first medical marijuana farm is being set up in a rural portion of Burlington County.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he will allow the state to begin dispensing medical marijuana despite his concerns over whether federal authorities could prosecute state regulators.
The state Senate has given final approval to a bill legalizing medical marijuana in Delaware.
New Jersey wants federal officials to clarify their plans regarding enforcement of drug laws, in light of the state's pending medical marijuana program.
The six organizations licensed to sell marijuana legally to patients in New Jersey have stronger ties to traditional medicine and politics than most legal dispensaries.
One of the half dozen non-profit groups approved for the growth and distribution of medical marijuana wants to set up shop in an empty warehouse in Bellmawr, which came as a surprise to many officials in Bellmawr when the announcement was made earlier this week.
New Jersey officials say the first centers to legally grow and sell marijuana in the state will be spread out at sites including Manalapan, Montclair and Camden County's Bellmawr.
The applications are in for groups wishing to sell medical marijuana in New Jersey, but the controversy is just beginning.
Monday marks the deadline for groups to apply to grow and sell medical marijuana legally in New Jersey, but there may not be a rush of applicants.
Democrats in the New Jersey Senate say they're planning to move forward with a vote Monday to force Gov. Chris Christie to rewrite strict new rules on medical marijuana.
The Christie administration has struck a deal with a key legislative supporter of New Jersey's "medical marijuana" law that will allow state regulations to proceed, getting the drug into the hands of those who truly need it.
New Jersey legislators appear ready to take on the Christie Administration over implementation of the state's new medical marijuana law.
The draft rules from the health department are up for a month and a half of review and backers of the plan insist the rules don't meet the intention of the legislation that passed in the waning days of the Corzine Administration.
The Garden State will soon begin taking applications from certain patients who may be eligible for medical marijuana.
