Ah nice. Let me know if you find a good store. I can always add new plants

Hope these fucks get a massive tax hike next reval. 👋🏾

Is this the doing of Little Gym? That place sucks. Don’t try and control our neighborhood

Thanks for the link! I’m honestly surprised as I’ve consistently heard that public use was prohibited as it is for alcohol from the earliest days. Never thought to actually look it up since I never saw it be disputed. Interesting.

Edit: I wonder if it’s just loose language in that document making it seem like the first sentence about smoking in private is separate for the rest when it should be viewed as a global statement. Literally ever other source (including other areas of nj.gov and legal and ACLU websites) say smoking in public is prohibited.

Simple solution. Get rid of the nearby day care and the screaming children.

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Thank you for some real truth. I was all in for medical dispensaries but did not agree to the rush for full legalization. I see kids smoking before school. See shops openly selling. The guy who holds the door at the Dunkin’ Donut near my work illegally selling weed and other miracle drugs with no consequences. I used to luv walking around New York City but every other block all you see is dealers, people smoking in public and that nasty stink. I have come home smelling a bit too.

https://www.nj.gov/cannabis/documents/toolkits/LegalCannabisInNJ.pdf

>You cannot use, smoke, eat, or vape cannabis on federal lands, in federal buildings, or smoke in public spaces where smoking is banned.

That’s all it says about where you cannot smoke

Right, most people don't care about the "vice" aspect, it's the nuisance. Almost no one would care if consumption were only edibles, it's the smoke and odor.

Cigarette smoking has already been pushed to the fringes for awhile now, it's not like people are going to suddenly welcome weed smoke.

Yeah, that’s been the state law the whole time. In NY I believe public use is allowed.

Not that I disagree, but it’s still considered public intoxication and public consumption to smoke it out in the open. Not sure legal dispensaries are linked to an increase in public consumption in any way, like liquor stores leading to public consumption. If anything, more available dispensaries means more edible/non-smokable products for residents.

It should be soon? They opened 7 days a week on April 29 last year but they must have been open at least a week before on weekends because I went for my birthday on April 23 last year

Thank you! I’ll check it out. I should have mentioned I’m looking for a little more of an exotic collection as we have a sizeable one already with most of the classic staples.

I think weed is going to have a harder time being openly acceptable because people hate the way it smells and a lot of people openly smoke while walking around outside. With alcohol, you're not really bothering anyone unless you're hammered.

I mean, I smoke weed and that's just my take. Like, time and a place ya know? I'm definitely not a fan of every public space smelling like weed every nice day outside. I know many pot advocates do a lot of hand waving over this, but I can tell you, a lot of folks really dislike this aspect of legalization, both smokers and non smokers.

Nope. I don't use next door, too much random stuff.

Is this the same journalist who is on Nextdoor soliciting info for the JCT?

>Also, cannabis laws, like alcohol statutes, prohibit cannabis use in public.

What’s this now?

😎Score one for the children!

I can always get second hand weed smoke from the comfort of my own home thanks to neighbors, so I wouldn't be too worried about a dispensary.

This is great news.

Don’t fret. This is the map of approved retailers in JC and likely to grow. There will be plenty of walkable options in downtown. https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6189660/File/City%20Hall/Housing%20Economic%20Development/Commerce/2022_CANNABIS%20MEETING%20AGENDAS/Council%20Approved%20Retailers%2020221110.pdf

Lowes has reasonable prices on indoor plants. Full priced ones are very nice like the palms and Fiddle Leaf Figs. Sometimes you can get other plants on the clearance rack for half or more off. I’m not aware of any nurseries in the immediate Hudson County area.

Why aren’t they fighting liquor stores being opened in the same area?

A cannabis dispensary’s dreams of opening in the Village neighborhood of Downtown Jersey City went up in smoke this week when a not-in-my-back-yard campaign swayed the city’s Cannabis Control Board.

Complaints had been lobbed by parents, local business owners and a real estate developer against The Green Ashram because it’s proposed location, 17 Division St., is near schools and a private daycare. An online petition against the business’ location garnered nearly 1,000 signatures.

The NIMBY lobbying ultimately worked, even if the critics couldn’t specify anything illegal about the business: The city’s cannabis board rejected the Green Ashram application, 3-1, Monday, effectively shutting out any chances of it opening.

The denial is believed to be the first time a Jersey City cannabis applicant was rejected because of community outrage — as opposed to regulations — in a city where officials have embraced the cannabis industry and dozens of businesses have applied after statewide legalization.

“There’s not been a mobilization like this,” said board member Stacey Flanagan. “Yes, half of this is dreams, and half of this is reality. The reality is (that) you need to do more to get more, and I don’t feel like that was accomplished here.”

Through an attorney, the owners of The Green Ashram declined to comment on the rejected application.

Green Ashram’s three co-owners had planned to work with a domestic violence organization, host expungement clinics and hire minorities to fulfill the required social equity component. They also had a few endorsements, including from a local cannabis workers’ union. But the community was steadfast against the application at the meeting.

Parents whose children attend the Brunswick School, a private daycare, said the hundreds of kids that attend would be put at risk, and so would students at the public schools nearby.

“The family part of Newark Avenue, there’s so many children,” said Zoe Martinson, who has a child that attends the Brunswick School. “There are two parks that have kids events in the summer, there’s a daycare that has a lot of students, there’s child haircuts, there’s Little Gym, it’s just an area that isn’t conducive (and) doesn’t serve the community.”

Jersey City regulations say that a cannabis business must submit to the board a list of childcare centers within 200 feet of its location for consideration. No such places were flagged; Green Ashram is roughly 340 feet away from Brunswick School. Also, cannabis laws, like alcohol statutes, prohibit cannabis use in public.

So far, only two cannabis applicants in Jersey City have state approval to open: Blossom Dispensary on Tonnelle Ave., who plan to open in this fall after obtaining final local approvals, and WR Wellness in the Powerhouse Arts District, who’s opening date was unable to be determined.

Last year, another Downtown cannabis applicant, Local Modiv, sued to overturn a cannabis board rejection over a supposed lack of local support. A judge ruled in favor of the applicants and remanded it back to the board, and was eventually approved this January.

Jersey City residents voted by a 3-to-1 margin in the 2020 statewide referendum to legalize marijuana, with 61,449 people voting yes and 19,475 voting no.

Who I really miss is Kraverie....

But the Ashford really does wonders for the peaceful family atmosphere downtown