Three separate resolutions submitted to the Township of West Milford Council for action this week support the opening of three new cannabis retail businesses. Since the cannabis control laws were adopted, Mayor Michele Dale and the council have been optimistic that the new industry will provide substantial financial and social benefits to the township.
One proposed retail business location is for Canabhang LLS at 24 Marshall Hill Road, in a building between Ridge Road and West Shore Lane, across the road from the shopping center. The building is the former location for P & A Computers and VapeLite. Another cannabis retail business called Mr. Happy Face proposes to open a shop at 2019f Greenwood Lake Turnpike, a store in the string of businesses south of Stainsby Road. A third new cannabis business known as Elevated Herb LLC would open at 1846 Route 23 in Newfoundland.
Each of the three resolutions before the council note that on Jan. 18, 2010, then-Governor Jon Corzine signed the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act that provided for the legalization of medical marijuana and creation of a program to allow persons suffering from qualifying debilitating medical conditions to obtain medical marijuana in a safe, timely, compassionate manner.