{"id":8831,"date":"2019-08-31T21:16:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T21:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=3630348&amp;preview_id=3630348"},"modified":"2019-08-31T21:16:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T21:16:51","slug":"bob-marleys-son-and-colorado-firm-seek-new-jersey-marijuana-dispensary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/bob-marleys-son-and-colorado-firm-seek-new-jersey-marijuana-dispensary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Marley\u2019s son and Colorado firm seek New Jersey marijuana dispensary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/bob-marleys-son-and-colorado-firm-seek-new-jersey-marijuana-dispensary\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bob-marleys-son-and-colorado-firm-seek-new-jersey-marijuana-dispensary.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/08\/31\/marley-son-new-jersey-marijuana-dispensary\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-marijuana+%28Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Marijuana%29&amp;utm_content=Google+UK#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"3630348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MONTCLAIR, N.J. \u2014 The son of reggae legend Bob Marley and a Colorado firm have applied to open a medical marijuana dispensary in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/essex\/montclair\/2019\/08\/29\/bob-marleys-son-hopes-open-medical-marijuana-dispensary-montclair-nj\/2151928001\/\">NorthJersey.com reports<\/a> that Rohan Marley and Colorado-based dispensary Lightshade have applied to open a dispensary in Montclair.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\" \/>\n<p>State officials recently announced that five cultivation, four vertically integrated and 15 retail dispensary licenses would be granted.<\/p>\n<p>Rohan Marley, who raised his five children in South Orange, said in a statement that his family in Jamaica has long advocated the medicinal benefits of marijuana. He would help with the dispensary\u2019s marketing and hiring.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Marley, who died in 1981, was an adherent of the Rastafarian faith that regards cannabis as spiritually important.<\/p>\n<p>The New Jersey Department of Health says there is no immediate timetable for when licenses will be granted,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>The son of reggae legend Bob Marley and a Colorado firm have applied to open a medical marijuana dispensary in New Jersey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,6813,77,9,69,5019,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[2632,6818,2655,2648,5022],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}