Giants' Amani Toomer To Speak At Stockton's Cannabis Career Fair

GALLOWAY, NJ — A decade after winning a Super Bowl, former Giant Amani Toomer has explored a different industry: marijuana. Toomer will be one of several speakers at the NJ Cannabis Career Fair and Business Expo at Stockton University.

The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Stockton University Campus Center (101 Vera King Farris Dr., Galloway). Topics will include the state medical marijuana program, the role of nurses in medical marijuana, cannabis cultivation, cannabis careers and labor issues, and how marijuana businesses can strengthen communities.

Toomer, the founder of Community Greenhouse, played for the Giants from 1996-2008. He has explored and participated in New Jersey's marijuana industry in recent years.

Other speakers include State Senator Troy Singleton, NJ CannaBusiness Association President Scott Rudder, and Executive Director of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana in New Jersey Ken Wolski.

Admission to the workshops is $25. College students with valid ID can attend free. The vendor area will be free and open to the public.

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