New Milford Set To Ban All Marijuana Sales

NEW MILFORD, NJ — Officials are soon slated to ban the sale of medical and recreational marijuana in the borough.

The Borough Council is slated to approve an ordinance this month banning businesses in town that sell medicinal and recreational cannabis.

Businesses that "sell, dispense, manufacture, grow or cultivate, store, handle, process, package, deliver, or produce" cannabis products "require special concern for security, and location," the ordinance states.

"There is no area of the Borough which can safely house a business selling, dispensing, manufacturing, growing or cultivating, storing, handling, processing, packaging, delivering or producing medicinal and/or recreational cannabis, cannabis products, and related supplies."

Council President Randi Duffie said council members unanimously agreed that selling recreational and medical marijuana is not a "good fit for our town at this time," NorthJersey.com reported.

Gov. Phil Murphy in May that he made nine changes to expand access to marijuana in New Jersey after a failed attempted by state legislators to legalize the substance.

Also, the New Jersey Department of Health previously announced amended medical marijuana rules that are intended to expand access and eliminate bureaucratic barriers for people wishing to use the substance.

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— With reporting by Tom Davis, Patch staff

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