Hundreds of applicants are seeking to secure one of six opportunities to get a piece of New Jersey’s medical marijuana industry.
About 800 representatives and interested parties turned out Thursday for the state Department of Health’s required application conference, officials said, where they learned what it would take to get a license for an alternative treatment center.
“I’m certainly humbled by the fact that there’s such a huge outpouring of interest and support,” said Jeff Brown, assistant commissioner of the Health Department’s medical marijuana program.
One of those centers could end up in Pleasantville. Representatives from Superior Grow Lab won over support from City Council on Monday to cultivate, process and dispense medical marijuana at The Press of Atlantic City’s former site at 11 Devins Lane.