A recreational marijuana dispensary may not find a home in Brick if the plant is legalized in New Jersey, with Mayor John Ducey calling the potential revenue that would be dedicated to municipalities under a bill being considered by the legislature “a joke.”
Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration had initially supported a tax of up to 25 percent on recreational cannabis sales, but two legislative committees this week advanced a bill that would impose a 12 percent tax on sales and allow municipalities where dispensaries would be located to impose an additional 2 percent tax.
“I wouldn’t be in favor of having any stores in town selling recreational [marijuana],” said Ducey. “The 2 percent tax is a joke. I don’t think it makes sense for Brick, especially with the tax at 2 percent.”