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Medical Marijuana

Friday, December 7, 2012

NJ's First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Montclair

Greenleaf Compassion Center opened Thursday and met with more than 20 patients.

Marijuana has arrived in Montclair.  Greenleaf Compassion Center, located at 395 Bloomfield Ave., opened today and became the first medical marijuana dispensary in New Jersey.  “We are excited,” said Joseph Stevens, board member and one of the chief financial officers, about finally opening up the dispensary. “For the patients of New Jersey, they finally are able to procure their medication in a safe environment.”  The dispensary had scheduled about 20 patient appointments this morning who came from throughout the state, said Stevens. There are more than 370 patients eligible to participate in the medical marijuana program in New Jersey, with many more in the application process.  The nondescript dispensary is located in the heart of …

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Oradell Doctor Approved to Recommend Medical Marijuana

State grants first permit to grow marijuana.

State officials Monday released a list of more than 100 physicians, including Jay Rosen of Oradell, authorized to recommend medical marijuana to patients. Rosen is an urologist with Urology Special Care on Kinderkamack Road. Also Monday the state Department of Health and Senior Services approved a permit for Montclair-based Greenleaf Compassion Center to start growing marijuana, a move that could make the drug legally available to patients in three to four months. A second permit is needed before the facility can start selling the pot. “The Department is committed to ensuring that medicinal marijuana is safely and securely available to patients as quickly as possible,” Health and Senior Services Commissioner Mary E. O’Dowd said in a …

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Urology Specialty Care (in Teaneck Patch) and A New Kind Of Garden State? Montclair Nonprofit Allowed To Grow And Sell Marijuana (in Montclair Patch)

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