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“All eyes are on New Jersey right now in this industry. Nationwide, and even to our brothers and sisters in Canada, we’re all looking to see what New Jersey is going to do. To be completely honest with you, there has not been a state yet that has passed legalization or adult use that has gotten it right,” said Wanda James, owner of Simply Pure marijuana dispensary in Denver.
Council members in the borough of Clayton listened to a presentation Thursday evening from Green Thumb Industries.
The company applied to the New Jersey Department of Health for a medical marijuana program permit.
They are asking borough officials to approve a 50,000 square foot growing and manufacturing facility in the Cenco Boulevard Industrial Park.
Dozens of residents raised concerns at the meeting. Council members say the operation will have no retail sales.
Public officials in Red Bank are offering their support for the potential establishment of a local alternative treatment center that would sell medical marijuana.
At present, there are six such businesses – known as alternative treatment centers – operating in New Jersey; two in northern New Jersey, two in central New Jersey and two in southern New Jersey. State officials have said they plan to open six additional alternative treatment centers.
From 146 to six.
That’s the task ahead of Jeff Brown, the assistant commissioner for the Department of Health in charge of the medicinal marijuana program, as his department must review the applications for the new licenses that will be granted for six new alternative treatment centers (ATCs).
It’s not all on him – there will be a committee that will comb through the 146 applications from 105 organizations over the next two months and evaluate the several hundreds of pages of information in each application. The winners are scheduled to be announced in early November.
Scott Rudder, president of the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association, said it’s easy to see why there’s so much interest.
“They (applicants) want to be in this densely populated market. They want to be positioned for the future adult-use program,” said Rudder, who believes recreational marijuana legislation will pass and be on the governor’s desk later this fall.
50 applicants applied for New Jersey’s northern region, 45 in the central region and 51 in the southern.
“By expanding Alternative Treatment Center locations in New Jersey, we are putting patients first and ensuring more convenient access to medical marijuana,” said Governor Phil Murphy. “This is another step forward in removing barriers put in place by the previous administration and creating a more consumer-friendly program.”
New Jersey’s plan to expand the medical marijuana business in the state has drawn 146 applications from would-be providers, more than 24 times the number of new dispensaries expected to open.
Applicants had to identify which region of the state they hoped to operate their Alternative Treatment Center: 50 applications came from the north, 45 in the central part of the state and 51 in the southern area, the Governor’s Office said in a news release Wednesday.
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