For medical marijuana patients in Ocean County, the proposal to open a dispensary in Brick Township is seen as a God-send: a facility that won't require them to drive three hours roundtrip to get the medication that relieves their conditions.
For neighbors of the proposed Adamston Road site for Jersey Shore Therapeutic Health Care, it is a nightmare in the making, a lure for dangerous violent criminals.
A meeting led by the attorney for the Brick company hoping to gain approval to build a medical marijuana dispensary and grow house shed immense light onto the details of the proposed business’s operations, but sometimes turned tense as neighbors faced off against marijuana activists who also attended.
Jersey Shore Therapeutic Health Care has applied to the state for a license to operate a medical marijuana alternative treatment center in Brick, and it is holding an information meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 2, to answr concerns and questions about its plan.
The meeting is set for 7 p.m. at the Brick Township municipal building, 401 Chambers Bridge Road.
A property in Brick that once housed a bank will be proposed before one of the township’s land use boards to operate as a medical marijuana dispensary and grow house, according to sources and documents obtained by Shorebeat.
The facility, owned by Jersey Shore Therapeutic Health Care, was one of those proposed earlier this summer to the administration of Gov. Phil Murphy, who is looking to expand the state’s medical marijuana program.