Phillipsburg’s newest business offers a menu unlike anything you’ll find for 45 miles -- medical marijuana for qualifying New Jersey patients.
Marking a soft opening last Tuesday followed by its grand opening Monday, Nov. 30, The Apothecarium serves up marijuana buds with names like Grape Diamonds, Skunk Hero and Granpa’s Stash for $50 to $60 for an eighth-ounce (3.5 grams).
And that’s just the beginning.
“We’re starting with a limited product offering, and as time goes on we will continue to increase the product offerings that we have,” said Greg Rochlin, the northeast CEO of The Apothecarium parent company TerrAscend.
The Apothecarium Phillipsburg says its full menu will carry a wide variety of medical cannabis products in addition to buds (dried flower), including vaporizable and activated oils, pre-rolled joints, capsules, tinctures, topicals and a comprehensive selection of smoking and ancillary products.
New Jersey medical marijuana patients must be diagnosed by a physician with any of 17 debilitating conditions to qualify for purchases from any of the state’s dispensaries -- technically Alternative Treatment Centers.
The Apothecarium in the historic Phillipsburg National Bank & Trust building at 55 S. Main St. is Warren County’s first ATC.
Phillipsburg welcomes the new addition to its South Main Street lineup of restaurants and other businesses, Mayor Todd Tersigni said.
“We’re happy to welcome another business to the town of Phillipsburg,” he said. “The mayor and council look forward to working with their entire team now and the future.”
TerrAscend plans two more locations in northern New Jersey, Rochlin said, though the locations won’t be announced until they are approved by the state Department of Health.
The company also operates three dispensaries in Pennsylvania, in Plymouth Meeting, Lancaster and Thorndale.
Following voter approval of legalizing adult-use recreational marijuana in New Jersey, the state’s currently licensed medical marijuana dispensaries will likely be the first companies to open their doors to the public, nj.com reports.
But that expansion is dependent on lawmakers hashing out a framework for the industry. Rochlin said he had no insight into how full legalization will affect The Apothecarium.
“We look forward to working with the state of New Jersey and patients to give them the best experience possible and to make sure we have readily available cannabis for patients and adult-use users,” he said, calling recreational legalization “very good for New Jersey. It’s good for the industry, and I’m very proud to be participating in the state of New Jersey.”
The Apothecarium, a medical cannabis dispensary located in the former Phillipsburg National Bank & Trust building at 55 S. Main St., is open for patients Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020.Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com
Right now, the focus is on helping certified patients improve their quality of life.
“We want to make sure the patients have the medicine that they deserve,” Rochlin said.
TerrAscend operates a cultivation and manufacturing facility located in Boonton, New Jersey, and owns the Kind Tree and Ilera cannabis brands. The Phillipsburg dispensary by Monday’s grand opening will also carry products from other companies, including Curaleaf and Columbia Care, Rochlin said.
“We are doing everything in our power to make sure we do not run out of flower,” Rochlin said.
In a statement, Rochlin adds: “As with all of our Apothecarium dispensaries, we are committed to providing patients with quality medical cannabis in a welcoming environment with empathy, education and ongoing personal support.”
Patients are advised to register before coming to The Apothecarium, which opened by appointment only. Patients can also place their order online for pickup at the facility.
“We’re encouraging people to register online and then order online and then set up an appointment,” Rochlin told lehighvalleylive.com on opening day Tuesday. “We just did change so that if you have ordered online you can come in at any time to pick up.
“We just wanted again to make sure that the experience was as smooth as possible, and since this is the first dispensary that we have opened in New Jersey, again, we like to be cautious and give everybody the best experience that they can have.”
The Apothecarium, a medical cannabis dispensary located in the former Phillipsburg National Bank & Trust building at 55 S. Main St., is open for patients Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020.Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com
To comply with new state COVID-19 restrictions and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, The Apothecarium requires social distancing inside and outside, and everyone inside must wear a face mask. The dispensary offers no-contact checkin and ongoing sanitizing throughout the day.
“We are asking people to understand we are going to greatly limit the amount of people that are actually on the sales floor at any one time due to coronavirus restrictions,” Rochlin said. “But again we are fully staffed, socially distanced apart, and we are doing everything we can to try to make the process as smooth as we can.”
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