Patients registered in New Jersey’s medical marijuana program are waiting weeks — even months — for appointments to obtain the drug from the only dispensary in the state.
The Montclair center is jammed because it was supposed to serve only North Jersey. Other facilities were supposed to open soon after it did, but they have been delayed finding locations and meeting the regulations. The next opening is slated for this summer in Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County, but experts question whether the facility will open anytime soon.
The state’s regulations permit the Montclair center to cultivate marijuana only after a patient is registered — and it takes three months to cultivate a plant.
The Montclair center is jammed because it was supposed to serve only North Jersey. Other facilities were supposed to open soon after it did, but they have been delayed finding locations and meeting the regulations. The next opening is slated for this summer in Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County, but experts question whether the facility will open anytime soon.
The state’s regulations permit the Montclair center to cultivate marijuana only after a patient is registered — and it takes three months to cultivate a plant.