New Jersey voters this fall get to decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana use among adults 21 and older, while a number of communities have moved preemptively to block marijuana sales.
As of October, there were nearly 70 local ordinances banning either all marijuana sales and growth or recreational forms of the drug.
Lacey in Ocean County is among the most recent to act with an ordinance amended this fall.
The Lacey Township Committee voted unanimously last Thursday to prohibit the sale of recreational marijuana in Lacey. The governing body also voted 4-1 to allow the zoning of a medical marijuana dispensary in the business park.
New Jersey voters will decide in the November election whether to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey. Some towns, such as Lacey, have passed ordinances banning its sale in the event that voters choose to legalize it in the Garden State.
The township committee on Tuesday voted 4 to 1 change the township's land use code, allowing for medical marijuana dispensaries in the Lacey Township Business Park.
The committee also voted unanimously on an ordinance to ban recreational marijuana sales, if the ballot measure to legalize weed in New Jersey passes. That ordinance will hold a public hearing on Sept. 10.
With recreational marijuana legalization potentially coming soon to New Jersey, Lacey officials discussed the future of dispensaries in town. The Township Committee introduced two ordinances Thursday: one to allow a medical marijuana dispensary in the business park and another prohibiting recreational dispensaries in the township.
New Jersey voters will decide in the November election whether to legalize recreational marijuana in the Garden State. If it passes, state legislature would need to decide on the details and regulations.
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