More than half of the towns and cities in New Jersey are opting out of opening legal cannabis businesses. The list includes Union City, North Caldwell, Middletown and Livingston.
"We have segments in our population that are honestly fearful about having retail in town," Livingston Mayor Shawn Klein said.
According to Klein, the state has not created regulations yet when it comes to legal marijuana and cannabis and his township is concerned.
"Some safety and security measures around the licenses," Klein said. "We don't really know if we're going to be able to, if someone's violating the rules, whether the town is going to be able to take action against them."