At the time, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or the DARE program, was commonly espoused in schools and remained commonplace until federal funding was taken away after 2003.
Alongside the evolution of the cannabis industry—out of the dark and into well-lit—has been an explosive growth in technology, ubiquitous across industries and in daily life.
Chris Beals, CEO of Weedmaps, the largest centralized online marketplace for cannabis, told NJBIZ what he sees as his company’s place in the cannabis ecosystem.
Weedmaps also offers a full business suite, including customer relationship management software and an e-commerce embed to power a company’s online store.
“It’s almost impossible to do that in a sortable, easily engageable fashion in physical stores or by looking on Google,” Beals said.
With websites like Weedmaps and smaller outlets like PotGuide, consumers can be directed to dispensaries based on exactly the products they’re looking for, rather than based on what’s on their drive to and from work.
“By landmass, probably 95% of the New Jersey population lives outside of that 15-minute catchment zone.
Roll Up Life co-founders Precious Osagie-Erese and Tiyahnn Bryant built their company to be, at its core, a technology company.
Metrc’s technology allows state regulators to track exactly when product is loaded into a vehicle for delivery to a consumer or delivery to a retailer—something that would be nearly impossible otherwise.
High value, high quality products will come in and out of your store in one day,” he said.
For example, data from Headset can tell businesses: The two product types with the highest year-over-year increases in sales are beverages .
“With New Jersey opening , we’ll begin getting data right away through our retail cooperators who are opening locations.