A Trenton businessman who had his drug possession and distribution charges legally erased has formed a new company hoping to get licensed to sell legal pot.
Tracey Syphax has submitted an application with the New Jersey Department of Health seeking to obtain a highly coveted license to operate a medicinal marijuana dispensary here in the capital city.
“We are looking to have it in the City of Trenton to bring 100 jobs in the region,” Syphax said Friday in an interview. “We believe we put together an application that really puts us in a strong position to be granted a license.”
The owner of Phax Group Construction received a total pardon from former Republican Gov. Chris Christie last December, which expunged Syphax’s decades-old criminal convictions, which he said “paved the way” for him to pursue a medicinal marijuana license.
Syphax formed a new company, TrentonMetro, which has a team dedicated to creating jobs and opportunities in the capital city through the manufacturing of weed for medical purposes.