The storefront, located at 415-417 Blue Hill Ave., used to house Nu Life Natural Herbs, a health and wellness store, and Nova Sheen, a dry-cleaning business.
According to a plan presented at an Oct.
Some subset of those users will experience addiction, which is differentiated in that the person cannot stop using cannabis even though it interferes with many aspects of their life.
NIDA’s report says some research indicates that cannabis can serve as a gateway drug, but also says that other hypotheses exist alternative to the gateway-drug theory, and that most people who use cannabis do not go on to use more harmful substances.
Michael Kozu, co-director of Project R.I.G.H.T., said he worries about the traffic that another cannabis business will bring to the area.
“Of all the places to put a courier service, with a lack of parking, a lack of access — it’s really going to aggravate conditions that many of these residents already face,” Kozu said at the press conference.
In the Oct.
Keith also said they plan to pay for a traffic study, which he said he thinks will show little effect from their business.
“I don’t care if you’re dropping it off or smoking it here, it is not what our community needs to have,” Yvette Muhammad said.
Finney, another of the business owners, said in the process of starting their business, they plan to give $100,000 to “worthy causes” in the Grove Hall community.
We know that buildings get built with no community support; we know that things come to the community with no community support,” Keith said.