The co-owner of a proposed medical cannabis dispensary and grow house on Adamston Road in Brick Township said she will continue to seek approval for the facility, but only after personal disputes with some objectors to the application are settled.
“We’re definitely not abandoning the project, that’s for sure,” said Anne Davis, a local attorney who co-owns Jersey Shore Therapeutic Health Care (JSTHC), the proposed dispensary, known as an alternative treatment center.
No dates have been set for a hearing on the matter to continue before the township’s zoning board, but behind the scenes, disputes between the would-be dispensary operators and several neighbors have gotten increasingly personal and vicious. Davis said she is considering filing litigation against several residents whose homes neighbor the Adamston Road plot over what she called “false and defamatory” statements posted online that could affect her reputation and business. Meanwhile, one of the neighbors filed a police report and is pressing harassment charges against Joel Allcock, the chief operating officer of the company, over an alleged exchange that occurred at a previous zoning board meeting.