New medical-marijuana products OKd in N.J.

A marijuana-infused lotion is expected to go on sale in New Jersey within about a week. It will be the first cannabis product beyond raw buds and flowers available to registered medical marijuana patients in the state.

The development comes three years after medical marijuana dispensaries began seeking state approval to manufacture a variety of products.

Compassionate Sciences Inc., a dispensary located in an industrial park in Bellmawr, Camden County, obtained permission from the state Health Department on Friday to produce a cannabis lotion and lozenges, according to the dispensary. The lozenges should be ready within about three weeks, the dispensary's news release said.

Cannabis lotions are applied to the skin and the medicine is absorbed, while the lozenges melt in the mouth. The dispensary did not release any details about its new products, and its director and manager could not be reached for comment this week.

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