Girl Scouts highly unimpressed after New Jersey troop teams up with local cannabis dispensary to sell cookies

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Set up near Daylite Dispensary in Mount Laurel last month, the troop’s booth offered the full line-up of treats. Dispensary owner Steve Cassidy said the partnership was a massive success and drew people both to the booth and the cannabis shop. However, Cassidy said he had spoken to representatives from the organization about the incident, which had been intended as a positive venture, but may have landed the troop in hot water.

“It was about community,” Cassidy told The Independent. “If that means the local Girl Scout troop got in trouble, that is absolutely not what we wanted. ” He declined to comment further.

The Independent has contacted the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey, the Girl Scout council that oversees troops in the region, for comment. It is unclear which exact troop staged the event. open image in gallery While the idea of Girl Scouts teaming up with a dispensary was turned down last year, one troop in New Jersey was allowed to sell on a trial basis ( Getty Images ) open image in gallery The dispensary’s owner told ‘The Independent’ that senior Girl Scout officials were not happy about the partnership ( AFP via Getty Images ) Daylite Dispensary in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, was the township’s first dispensary when it opened in 2023.

The idea to partner with a local Girl Scout troop came when Cassidy linked the food with the “munchies,” or an increase in appetite caused when certain types of cannabis are consumed. “You use cannabis, you get the munchies,” Cassidy told NJ. com .

“There’s a connection between snacks and cannabis, and the fact that we don’t have to pretend that doesn’t exist anymore is really awesome. ” While the idea had originally been proposed last year, he said the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey turned the idea down. This year, Cassidy said one troop was allowed to sell cookies outside on a trial basis, resulting in the successful event last month.

“I don’t think five years ago we would’ve seen anything like this,” he said. “I hope that it’s a sign of things to come, where there’s more of this normalcy of shared opportunities. ” Due to the success of the original selling date, the troop was supposed to return to sell at Daylite again Friday from 5 to 7 p.

m. ET, but no booth is currently scheduled for that time at the location. This year’s Girl Scout cookie sales include a brand new cookie flavor : Exploremores.

Inspired by Rocky Road ice cream, Exploremores are a chocolate sandwich cookie with marshmallow and toasted almond–flavored crème. The organization said in a press release that the cookies “reflect the spirit of exploration at the heart of every Girl Scout. ” The new cookies joined a lineup that includes Adventurefuls, Caramel Chocolate Chip, Samoas/Caramel deLites, Do-si-dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich, Lemonades, Lemon-Ups, Tagalongs/Peanut Butter Patties, Thin Mints, Toffee-tastic, and the classic Trefoils.

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