There were lawyers, bankers, CPAs and hopeful future entrepreneurs, all meeting in New Brunswick and talking about one business: the legal sale of marijuana.
The gathering of the New Jersey Cannabusiness Association at the Blackthorn restaurant in New Brunswick on Wednesday attracted a diverse crowd, with some dressed in neat blue jeans and others in suits and ties.
Among the approximately 70 people were young professionals in their late 20s and early 30s as well as a few older men with their long gray hair pulled back in a pony tail.
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“We’ve got some people who want to be dispensers (of cannabis products). We’ve got some who want to do packaging. We CPAs and lawyers,” said Felice Twaddle, who serves on the board of directors for the Cannabusiness Association.
Currently there are about 500 members of the association, which serves as a center for information and advocacy for the much anticipated opportunity to legally sell marijuana products in New Jersey.