It took a big push by major corporations to bring a whole new industry- casinos- to New Jersey. Marijuana interests may need a similar boost.
While medical marijuana already has been legalized in the state, legislation allowing recreational use has run into stiff resistance even though pro-marijuana spending on lobbying rose nearly 319 percent to $1.4 million in 2018.
Governor Murphy and legislative leaders are continuing to hold meetings to try to rescue the bill, which Senate President Steve Sweeney gave only a 50-50 change of passage on April 29, 2019.
The township will soon be home to one of seven medical marijuana dispensaries in the state after plans for the facility were unanimously approved by the Planning Board during a meeting last month.
Compassionate Care Research Institute LLC, operating as Garden State Dispensary, already has a location in Woodbridge and has plans to open a second site on U.S. Route 22 East in Union at the intersection of Monroe Street. It gained the board’s approval Sept 27, and will be the first business to operate a second facility in the state.
A medical marijuana facility to be located on Route 22 in Union was unanimously approved by the Planning Board at a recent meeting.
Compassionate Care Research Institute, LLC, doing business as Garden State Dispensary, will be located at 2536 Route 22 East. According to testimony at the Planning Board meeting, Compassionate Care’s Woodbridge site is currently one of only six alternative treatment centers licensed by the State of New Jersey to dispense medical marijuana to patients.
Woodbridge is home to one of the six current NJMMP Alternative Treatment Centers in the state Garden State Dispensary serves New Jersey Medical patients in the Middlesex County area. As of this writing we do not yet know about the status of any future Recreational Marijuana sales in Woodbridge.
Submitted by njlegalizeme on Sun, 09/09/2018 - 21:28
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