The council officially supports medical marijuana dispensaries coming to town after a discussion that brought former New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer out Thursday night.
Toomer is one of the applicants who is looking to open a medical marijuana facility and has his eyes on Fort Lee. "It's the gateway to the rest of New Jersey and has access to freeways and buses to the rest of northeast New Jersey," he said.
Toomer – a New Jersey resident who is also a partner in two other medical marijuana facilities in Colorado and Nevada – said the governor expanding the program was an opportunity for him to open the business close to home.
"When I heard it was coming to New Jersey, when I've been in the business for five years, I didn't want out-of-towners coming in when I'm a native," Toomer said. "I wanted to come back home and we're a majority minority-owned business. I feel there aren't enough minorities in the business. I want to help the negative impact it's had and the community that have been so damaged by it."