No Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Coming To Gloucester Township

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ - No medical marijuana dispensaries will be coming to Gloucester Township. Gloucester Township Council authorized a resolution to repay five entities that had bid on bringing a dispensary to the township Monday night.

The vote took place after it was revealed that the township was no longer among those being considered for a dispensary. The New Jersey Department of Health recently announced the six new locations in which medical marijuana dispensaries will be set up, bringing the total number of dispensaries statewide to 12.

Two of the recently announced sites will be in South Jersey, and Gloucester Township had been hoping to land one of them.

Instead, Atlantic City and Vineland will be the home for those dispensaries, according to nj.com. The other four will be in Phillipsburg, Paterson, Elizabeth and Ewing. Dispensaries already exist in Bellmawr, Egg Harbor Township, Cranbury, Montclair, Secaucus and Woodbridge.

Township officials had been hoping to get a site set up at the former Nike missile base. Business Administrator Tom Cardis said townships had to have an area designated for the dispensary in its proposal to the state, and that the area should be township-owned land.

He also said the township only had 5-7 days to put a proposal together. It felt the Nike base was the most appropriate site for a potential dispensary.

• Modern Remedies, LLC, out of Bridgeton: $50,000;
• Harvest Mass Holding, LLC, out of Scotsdale, Arizona: $50,000;
• Midwest Development Project, LLC, out of Hudson, Ohio: $50,000
• Care Pharma Group, LLC, out of Fort Lee: $50,000; and
• Liberty Plant Sciences, out of Henderson, Colorado: $50,000.

Meanwhile, the state continues to wait for word on the "Marijuana Legalization Act," which would allow users 21 years old and up to possess up to an ounce of pot. In November, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee vote was 7-4 in favor, while the Assembly Appropriations Committee voted 7-3 to advance the bill.

Since then, the legislation has seen delay after delay, and it remains unclear when a final decision will be made on the legalization of recreational marijuana at the state level.

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