CMMNJ Zoom Meeting Agenda for September 14, 2021, at 7 pm
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Agenda:
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) adopted the initial set of regulations to govern the legal cannabis industry in NJ at the meeting on 8/19/21.
The approved rules address barriers to entry, including:
⦁ Prioritizing applications from certified minority-, women-, and disabled veteran-owned businesses, and from applicants in one of several designated Impact Zones or economically disadvantaged areas;
⦁ Flexible application requirements for microbusinesses (no more than 10 employees and premises of 2,500 square feet) and for conditional licenses;
⦁ Application fees as low as $100
Next, the CRC will examine distribution and delivery service businesses and prepare a Request for Application (RFA) process, to be published in NJ Register. Applications will have priority review, scoring, and approval for Social Equity Businesses, Diversely Owned Businesses, and Impact Zone Businesses. Regulators must pick a date for sales to launch within 180 days.
Social Equity Businesses: based on either economic need or having a criminal record from past marijuana-related offenses.
The kinds of personal-use cannabis business licenses that will be available: Authorized Activity
Class 1 Cannabis Cultivator: Grow personal-use cannabis (cap on 37 cultivators for two years after February 22, 2021)
Class 2 Cannabis Manufacturer: Produce personal-use cannabis
Class 3 Cannabis Wholesaler: Store, sell or otherwise transfer, personal-use cannabis items between cannabis cultivators, wholesalers, or retailers
Class 4 Cannabis Distributor: Transport cannabis items in bulk between cannabis cultivators, manufacturers, or retailers within the state of New Jersey
Class 5 Cannabis Retailer: Purchase personal-use cannabis from licensed cultivators, manufacturers, or wholesalers and sell those items to consumers in a retail store
Class 6 Cannabis Delivery: Transport a consumer’s purchases of personal-use cannabis and related supplies from the retailer to that consumer
Conditional license: Begin building out operations for the cultivation, manufacture, dispensing, wholesale, distribution, or delivery of personal-use cannabis while working towards meeting the requirements for a cannabis cultivator, manufacturer, dispensary, wholesaler, distributor, or delivery license
Summary of the CRC’s Initial Rules for the Personal-Use of Cannabis
Legal weed dispensaries banned in more than 70% of NJ towns.
Trenton’s statement on passing Cannabis Ordinance.
National Law Review: What Employers Need to Know
Cognitive Harmony Technologies (CHT) Response to The CRC Ruleset
ACLU-NJ: FAQ’s and analysis of marijuana regulations.
NJ Medicinal Marijuana/Cannabis Program:
Insurance coverage bills for medical cannabis: Take action with NORML!
S3799 Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO. Advanced through Senate Health Committee, referred to Senate Budget Committee. Identical bill, A5760 advanced out of Assembly Health Committee; referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee.
A1708 Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage for the medical use of cannabis under certain circumstances. Passed in Assembly Committees; in Senate Commerce Committee (S3406). Take action with NORML!
ATC’s will be able to include sales of personal use cannabis by submitting municipal approval and a certification to the CRC that they have adequate supply for their patients, and that it will not impact access for patients.
Cannabist ATC opened 8/16/21 adjacent to the Deptford Mall.
Curaleaf’s Bordentown ATC opened 8/27/21, NJ’s 22nd dispensary.
Still no word on the 24 winning ATC applicants (5 cultivators, 15 dispensaries, and four vertical operators) from the 150 who applied in 2019.
Home cultivation for patients:
A5363/S3420 legalizes cultivation of eight medical cannabis plants.
S3407/A5435 legalizes cultivation of six plants for any NJ adult.
S3582/A5552 legalizes cultivation of six plants for personal use, and 10 plants for medical use, by adults.
Sign the petition: Let Patients Grow NJ; Website: Let Patients Grow NJ #JeffsLaw.
NJ Office of Legislative Services (OLS): “There is currently no scheduled return for the legislature, but they will most likely return around October/November.”
National:
NORML: Federal: Senate Proposal To End Marijuana Criminalization
"Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act" CMMNJ Comments
Senators Flooded with Input on Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill.
“The End of Sisley’s Challenge to the DEA” to reschedule marijuana. “So, 50 years of rescheduling petitions aren't enough to exhaust administrative remedies with DEA? A bottomless cesspool of bureaucratic excuses.” CA NORML
Upcoming Events:
Black Cannabis Equity Initiative (BCEI) and the Capital City Area Black Caucus: “CHALLENGES, & OPPORTUNITIES IN TRENTON” 9/10/21, 3-5PM.
Weedstock, music festival to benefit Delaware NORML, Townsend, DE 9/17-18. (CMMNJ table.)
NJ Cannabis Insider Fall Conference, Carteret Performing Arts Center, Sept. 23. Purchase tickets.
“Medical Marijuana” Zoom meeting with Randi Goldberg’s “Straight Talk” 9/20/21, 11am-noon, Meeting ID: 865 307 0487; Passcode: Str8Talk.
NECANN: New Jersey Cannabis Convention, Showboat Hotel, Atlantic City, 10/2-3/21 Exhibit Hours: Sat: 11am to 5pm; Sun: 10am to 3pm. (CMMNJ table).
ACNA Annual Conference! Oct. 17- 19, 2021, Albuquerque, NM, Register here!
Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) Sept. Newsletter & Policy Update
CANNADEMIX: Where Cannabis Meets the Community! Middlesex County College October 8, 2021, 3 – 9 PM; Tickets. (CMMNJ table)
Recent Events:
The New Jersey Cannabis Trade Association’s webinar series: NJCTA Seminar: Dispensary Operations with Ken Wolski.
American Cannabis Nurses Assn: “Cancer and Cannabis in 2021” 8/26/21.
Northeast Leaf Magazine, Sept. 2021: CANNABIS ACTIVIST KEN WOLSKI Inside the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) State Medical Marijuana Laws
Cannabis Laws Matter: How to get a New Jersey Micro-license: Part 1; Part 2.
Treasury report:
Checking: $9655; PayPal: $2,614. Make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal to info@cmmnj.org, or send a check to: CMMNJ, 219 Woodside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08618.
Hemp wristbands are available, including wholesale prices. Will your store or dispensary display our colorful, all-hemp bracelets, so patrons can make donations to CMMNJ? We are deeply grateful for all support.
More info:
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