Brick Set To Ban All Cannabis Businesses

BRICK, NJ — Adults who want to use recreational marijuana in Brick Township will have to buy their weed elsewhere, as the Township Council introduced a new ordinance to ban all cannabis businesses from the town.

The new ordinance introduced Tuesday night would replace the ban the township placed on marijuana businesses of all kinds in March 2019. A second reading and adoption is scheduled for April 27.

The new ordinance comes in response to the state legislation that accompanied the legalization of adult recreational marijuana use, which was approved by New Jersey voters in the November election. Read more: Marijuana Is Now Officially Legal In New Jersey

In defining the rules for the operation of cannabis businesses, the state gave towns 180 days to enact local ordinances governing those businesses. There are six classes of businesses under the state rules: cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers and delivery services.

All of those businesses will be barred from being established in Brick.

Delivery companies from outside Brick Township will be able to deliver cannabis products to adults who purchased them and requested delivery, under the proposed ordinance.

The ordinance includes a provision to delete the 2019 ban after the updated version is adopted.

Read more: 5 Things You Need To Know About Marijuana Legalization In NJ

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