If we seem fatalistic, it’s not because we don’t believe in the homegrown cannabis industry or are ambivalent about the legalization of the drug for recreational use.

Zen Leaf Neptune opened to fanfare in April 2021, becoming just the second medical marijuana dispensary in Monmouth County after Garden State Dispensary in Eatontown.

Jacqueline Schubert talks to Mike Tyson during a promotional tour of Tyson’s cannabis company Tyson 2.0 at Zen Leaf in Neptune Township, New Jersey on Saturday, September 3, 2022.

Leaf Trade's Chief Financial Officer, Brian Ward (former CFO of Verano) is also attending the 16th edition of the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Miami.