The shop started by the well-known rapper and a former Playboy model joins other celebrity-backed weed shops struggling to stay open amid increasing competition in the state's cannabis market.
A weed dispensary co-owned by rapper Ice-T has closed less than a year after its grand opening in one of New Jersey’s largest cities.The store’s website no longer lists its Jersey City location and Google search results say it has permanently closed.
Heady NJ, a local cannabis news site, first reported the closure. In a statement, the dispensary owners blamed a lack of local government support and mounting costs for the business’ failure. “Despite significant investment, compliance, and readiness to launch, the lack of local oversight and regulatory infrastructure undermined our ability to grow and sustain operations, effectively driving the operation into the ground before it ever even had a real chance to get started,” company officials said. “As a New Jersey native, I’m excited for the opportunity legalization offers our community,” the Newark-born Ice-T said in April when the shop opened. The shop, located at 660-684 Tonnelle Ave, joined several other dispensaries already open in Jersey City. Medicine Woman cannabis dispensary business partners, from left, Ice T, Charis Burrett and John Batchelor after their proposal to establish the business was approved at the Jersey City Cannabis Control Board meeting in 2022.Other cannabis shops associated with celebrities have also struggled to stay open. In Newark, a celebrity-backed cannabis store, Hashstoria, closed last year. Its backers included members of the Wu-Tang Clan and radio host Charlamagne tha God.law allows municipalities to set restrictions and caps on the number of dispensaries. While an estimated 70% of the state’s municipalities have opted out of allowing weed shops,is among the cities that allowed unlimited stores. However, the city has restrictions on the distance between dispensaries — a rule that has faced legal challenges. More recently, city officials have moved to limit the number of dispensaries amid concerns that an oversaturation of shops could lead to increased competition for a limited customer base.Jelani Gibson is the content lead for NJ Cannabis Insider, a section of NJ.com & The Star-Ledger. Previously he was a Gun Violence Reporter for the Kansas City Star. Gibson graduated from the Mayborn School of...
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