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The Labor Board Charge Behind The Cannabis Place's Claim
Orduña says TCP filed NLRB charges against UFCW Local 360 in August. There is a charge on file. The record lists an individual as the filer.
Read the report → Report · Oct 26, 2026Jersey City Is Holding Dispensary Licenses Over Labor Fights
The city's cannabis board approved two renewals this year. The council pulled both over worker treatment, and no official has cited a rule for it.
Read the report → Report · Oct 26, 2026The Dispensary Suing to Kill New Jersey's Labor Peace Mandate
A Jersey City dispensary says NJ can't make it sign a union deal to keep its license. A judge already agreed for Curaleaf. Now a 20-person shop is asking.
Read the report → Report · Oct 22, 2026The THC Seltzer Clock Is Half Reset
The Senate voted 37-0 to push the liquor store THC drink cutoff to at least December 11. Until the Assembly and the governor act, November 13 is still the law.
Read the report → Report · Oct 7, 2026What to Watch at the October 29 CRC Meeting, and How to Get Your Say
The fee that’s supposed to rise as prices fall, the other items worth watching, and every deadline for getting your say.
Read the report → Report · Oct 7, 2026Flower Got Cheaper in Jersey. Did It Get Better?
The CRC’s own numbers on price, sales and medical, a note on the figures going around, and what to do at the counter.
Read the report → Report · Oct 5, 2026Everything That Went Down at the Last Two CRC Meetings
The CRC suspended a Bridgeton grower, fined a company for opening sealed bags, and set up a fight over the social equity fee. Here’s what actually affects your jar.
Read the report → Report · Oct 5, 2026Same Weed, Two Different Laws: Rescheduling Explained for Jersey
Medical weed in New Jersey is federally Schedule III now. Rec weed from the same shelf is still Schedule I. Here’s how that happened and what it means for you.
Read the report → Report · Oct 5, 2026California Can Now Pull Weed Off the Shelf and Retest It. Why Can’t Jersey?
California can now grab a jar off any dispensary shelf and retest it. New Jersey’s plan is a $50,000 data review. Here’s why that gap matters.
Read the report → Report · Oct 5, 2026260+ Dispensaries, 5 Lounges: Why Is It So Hard to Smoke Legally in Jersey?
The Lounge at Xena just became the fifth place in New Jersey where you can legally sit down and smoke. Here’s the full list, and what’s holding the rest back.
Read the report → Report · Oct 5, 2026A State Senator Is Being Sued Over a Social Equity Dispensary Deal. Here’s What We Know.
A former chief of staff says he was a social equity owner on paper only. The defendants deny it, and the dispensary’s lawyer calls it a shakedown. Nothing has been proven in court.
Read the report → Report · Oct 5, 2026Ice-T, Raekwon, Whoopi: Why Celebrity Weed Keeps Flopping in Jersey
Three famous names, three New Jersey cannabis businesses, and a lot of unpaid rent. Here’s what happened and what it says about running a shop in this state.
Read the report → Report · Oct 5, 2026Pennsylvania Still Can’t Legalize. Jersey’s Border Dispos Are Cool With That.
Pennsylvania left legal weed out of the budget for the fourth year in a row. Here’s what that means for Jersey’s border shops, and what PA shoppers need to know.
Read the report → Report · Oct 5, 2026Home Grow in NJ: Where the Bills Stand (Spoiler: Nowhere Yet)
You can buy six ounces in New Jersey, but one plant on your windowsill is a crime. Three home grow bills were introduced in January. None has had a hearing.
Read the report → Report · Oct 1, 2026Is Your 32% Actually 32%? NJ Is Investigating Its Own Testing Labs
New Jersey is paying an outside expert to look for lab shopping and inflated THC numbers. Here’s what the state has already found, and what to check at the counter.
Read the report → Report · Oct 1, 2026The Hemp THC Ban Hits December 11. Here’s What It Means in Jersey
Delta-8 gummies, THC seltzers and THCA flower are about to lose their loophole. New Jersey got there first.
Read the report → Report · Oct 1, 2026Who Actually Owns Your Dispensary Now? TerrAscend Just Bought Aunt Mary’s
One of Hunterdon County’s strongest independent shops is now part of a multi-state chain. What the deal looks like, and what changes on the shelf.
Read the report → Report · Oct 1, 2026The People Making Your Edibles Just Unionized
Workers at Smiling Bud in Ridgefield voted to join UFCW Local 360. They make more of the NJ market than the name on the box would tell you.
Read the report → Report · Oct 1, 2026Who Actually Makes Your Weed? The Companies Behind New Jersey’s Biggest Brands
The name on the jar is usually not the company that grew it. Here’s who’s actually behind the brands on NJ shelves, and how to tell at the counter.
Read the report → Report · Sep 22, 2026What Actually Happens Inside A Closed Jar
A grower spent a day telling me I was wrong about terpenes. Here's every question he asked, answered one at a time, in language anybody can follow.
Read the report → Report · Sep 20, 2026The Flavor Is Supposed To Already Be In There
He warned 18,000 people off ice cubes with a blog post for evidence. The terpene pen he's selling has less. Here's what to do instead — for the price of one luxury oz.
Read the report → Report · Sep 16, 2026The Fight Before the Digital Menu
New Jersey legalized on a ballot in 2020. The fight that got it there started in 2003, cost about 35,000 arrests a year, and the first thing advocates asked for is still illegal…
Read the report → Report · Sep 12, 2026The Sherbinskis Handover
Mario Guzmán says he was pushed out of the brand that carries his name. He is right — and the buyers said so themselves, on the record, eight months ago, in an article that has…
Read the report →Takes & Explainers
Shorter pieces: opinions, how-tos and the stuff worth actually understanding.
Extraction & Concentrates
Live Rosin vs. Live Resin
Two extracts, two very different processes — and the difference actually shows up in the jar.
Read this → Label ReadingWhat “Terp Sauce” Actually Means
It's not just a flex term on a jar label. Here's what's actually happening chemically.
Read this →Dispensary Smarts
Dispensary Etiquette 101
How to talk to your budtender, what to ask, and what to skip so you don't waste anyone's time.
Read this → Hot TakeDispensary Pricing Is Mostly a Racket
Legal weed costs what it costs because of taxes and testing — sure. But markup on "top shelf" is out of control.
Read this → Buyer BewareWhat to Avoid at the Dispensary
The stuff that looks like a deal but usually isn't. A few red flags worth knowing before you buy.
Read this →Hot Takes & Debates
Most "Unbiased" Reviews Aren't
Free jars show up at reviewers' doors constantly. Not all of them tell you that, and it changes what gets said.
Read this → DebateThe THC% Obsession Is Ruining Flower
Chasing a bigger number on the label has pushed a lot of growers to sacrifice the thing that actually matters: how it tastes and how it hits.
Read this → DebateLegacy Market vs. Corporate Weed
Legalization was supposed to end the illicit market. Instead a lot of longtime growers got squeezed out while big-money brands moved in.
Read this → DebateHome Grow Should Be Legal Everywhere Cannabis Is
Plenty of states legalized buying weed but still make it illegal to grow your own. That gap doesn't add up.
Read this → Op-EdThe Weed Community Needs to Grow Up
This community talks a big game about being a judgment-free family. Scroll X for ten minutes and that story falls apart.
Read this → Op-EdAI Isn't Going to Save Cannabis Marketing — And Brands Need to Stop Treating Criticism Like an Attack
AI-generated ads aren't growing anyone's following, and brands that can't take criticism are making it worse.
Read this →Policy & Industry
Cannabis Rescheduling: What's Actually Changed
The federal status of weed actually moved this year — but probably not in the way headlines made it sound. Here's what's real.
Read this → Market TrendsMSOs Are Squeezing Craft Off the Shelf
Multi-state operators have the capital to dominate every menu in the state. That doesn't mean what they're selling is actually good.
Read this → Craft SpotlightTwo NJ Brands Actually Worth Your Money
Kusala Care and ButaCake are doing the work most MSOs aren't — and one of them is fighting an infrastructure problem that has nothing to do with their product.
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