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JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) — The Good Grades dispensary team posed for a last-minute photo Wednesday, only minutes before the shop’s official grand opening on Queens’ bustling Jamaica Avenue. Right after that photo, Liz, the first of a few customers, showed up looking for legal, regulated weed. “Them other ones, they be having junk sometimes,” said […]

As a result of the 2018 Farm Bill, growing hemp — which contains both THC and CBD — became legal once again after being outlawed 83 years ago by the Marihuana Tax Act. Ironically, the Tax Act became law shortly after the release of the 1936 movie “Reefer Madness,” which has subsequently become a cult […]

But the Rowan University project had been turning for quite some time.  "The genesis of this goes back before the pandemic," Annette Reboli, dean of Rowans Cooper Medical School, said of the venture. "We knew this was coming. There had been plenty of publicity around the topic both in New Jersey and with other states doing legalization, and so were forging ahead with something we believe will serve the public at large." Rowan, through its institute, has identified three focus groups it se...

GLASSBORO — Planning to offer certificates in various disciplines to both undergraduate and graduate students, Rowan Universitys new Institute for Cannabis Research, Policy, & Workforce Development aims to inform public health officials and create jobs under New Jerseys newly legalized recreational marijuana marketplace. The timing of this launch was not at all coincidental, according to Dr. Anthony Lowman, Rowan provost and senior vice president of economic affairs. Lowman said the greater R...