by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
January 7, 2026
The shop opened in Jersey Metropolis in April 2025
After a profitable grand opening in Jersey Metropolis final April, the Medication Girl dispensary, co-owned by Newark, N.J. native Tracey “Ice-T” Marrow, has closed.
In accordance with Northjersey.com, the “Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit” common, was a accomplice within the enterprise with Charis Burrett, who has a flagship location for The Medication Girl in Bellflower, California. The Jersey Metropolis location was being deliberate for 3 years after New Jersey modified its legal guidelines to permit marijuana to be offered legally within the state.
No purpose was given for the closure, nevertheless it follows a sample of celebrities who personal dispensaries going out of enterprise rapidly.
The information comes after Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon needed to stop operations at his Newark retailer, Hashstoria, in 2025, after it had been open for lower than a 12 months. When Hashtoria was in its planning levels, it promised to be an adult-use hashish retail house, with plans to increase into a bigger group hub. They needed to increase the venue right into a premier consumption lounge and a wellness heart to enhance the group’s well being, schooling, and empowerment.
The Medication Girl was not located in an important location, because it sat alongside the facet of the Route 1 and 9 freeway on Tonelle Ave. HeadyNJ reported that there are extra dispensaries alongside the identical route, together with Inexperienced Cease Wellness and Kush Klub, which appeared earlier than them.
The closing of The Medication Girl gave Ice-T a bit extra room to pursue different entrepreneurial ventures, as he lately talked about he wouldn’t be seen as usually this season of “Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit.” He has been on the tv present for over 20 years and isn’t prone to dropping his place.
In a sitdown with TMZ, the “New Jack Metropolis” actor mentioned his decreased time was strictly for enterprise causes. The present’s executives needed to carry again an previous character, Amanda Rollins (performed by Kelli Giddish), who had been on the present for over 10 years. She was written off three years in the past however returned this season. It got here all the way down to funds: preserving Giddish on frequently and transferring Ice-T to part-time for the season.
He acknowledged that he didn’t thoughts, because it gave him an opportunity to pursue different alternatives when he was not engaged on the present. Now, he could have additional time to search out his subsequent enterprise enterprise.
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