The Borough Council tabled a resolution to approve a medicinal marijuana dispensary on Main Street near Brooklake Road after being confronted with vehement opposition from residents at a council meeting Monday evening.
Nearly 20 residents, including many residents of nearby Niles Avenue, spoke out against an application from a proposed dispensary called First Choice Health and Wellness to establish a medical dispensary in the two-story office building at 340 Main St., next to the Lukoil gas station.
While many reserved their comments for the podium, others shouted at the council from the audience or jeered throughout the applicant’s presentation at what was the most contentious council meeting since the governing body resumed in-person meetings last November.
First Choice Health and Wellness, a new venture licensed by the state as a certified medical dispensary in 2019, would sell sealed marijuana medication in various forms to state-registered medical marijuana patients ages 21 years and older. On-site consumption would be prohibited by a full-time security guard and monitored by surveillance, according to the company.