One has to snigger just a touch !
NJ.com
In a lawsuit filed in the Middlesex County Superior Court last month, seven local citizens and a cannabis victims group are challenging Highland Park’s ordinances and resolutions that permit licensed cannabis businesses to operate within the town’s borders.
The group argues the borough council’s legal weed laws violate federal marijuana law — which, unlike New Jersey, prohibits the possession, use and distribution of cannabis.
Highland Park’s council recently issued a business license allowing a state-approved cannabis retailer to open in the municipality, officials said in a statement. And, there are at least four other legal weed dispensaries poised to open in the town once they receive state approvals.
The lawsuit claims on Jan. 9, a cannabis business license was retroactivity issued by Highland Park and the next day legal weed was sold by that business, according to court documents.
The borough said it has not violated either New Jersey or federal law by legally allowing these businesses to operate.
“The Borough has followed all of the required state regulations in authorizing cannabis retail businesses to operate in the Borough and has not violated any federal or state laws permitting cannabis retail businesses to open in the Borough,” Mayor Elsie Foster said in a statement.
“The Borough is very disappointed that several residents have filed a new lawsuit over the Borough’s decision to allow (cannabis retail businesses) to operate in the Borough,” Foster said.
