Mar 28, 2025
Updated Mar 28, 2025
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Ice-T has officially opened a cannabis dispensary in his home state.
As AFROTECH™ previously told you, the Jersey City Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved his adult-use cannabis dispensary application in partnership with The Medicine Woman — owned by married couple Charis Burrett and her husband, Luke Burrett — in 2022.
“We want everyone to have access to safe cannabis. You are the first application who have said something about the price point. I commend you on that,” CCB member Stacey Flanagan stated.
Fast-forward to 2025, and the dispensary has officially touched down in Jersey City, NJ. The Medicine Woman Jersey City held its official soft opening on Thursday, March 27. It will host its grand opening on Saturday, April 19th, and Sunday, April 20th, 2025, according to a press release shared with AFROTECH™. This also marks its first location outside of California.
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“We’re thrilled to be officially opening the doors of The Medicine Woman Jersey City after years of hard work and dedication,” Charis said regarding the 10,000-sq. ft dispensary in a news release. “The East Coast is poised to become the largest cannabis market in the world, and we’re excited to provide the community direct and safe access to the finest global plant medicines. We offer only products whose integrity, quality, and potency align with our standard of ‘Nothing but the Best.’”
The Medicine Woman Jersey City also attaches a higher cause to its storefront, partnering with the Hudson County Community College (HCCC) to provide students with hands-on training, internships, and job placements in the cannabis field. The shop is also aligning itself with the Last Prisoner Project, a national nonprofit created in 2019 to help individuals incarcerated for nonviolent cannabis offenses reenter society. The project will offer funding and employment opportunities.
“This is where I’m from. I came up here, and now I’m coming back to build something that gives back,” Ice-T said in a news release. “This isn’t just about selling cannabis—it’s about creating opportunity and correcting injustice in communities that were hit hardest.”
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Samantha Dorisca is a Houston-based journalist and photographer whose mission is to impact communities through the gift of storytelling using the written word or visual media. She completed her B.A at The University of Texas at Austin and is pursuing a M.A at The University of Memphis. Her work can be found on platforms such as Houstonia Magazine, Girls’ Life Magazine, and Blacque Magazine. Samantha mainly reports on tech, trends, and entrepreneurship.
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