Camden moves to ban cannabis businesses to implement its own rules in the future

The measure gave municipalities six months to decide whether they would allow cannabis businesses to operate in their jurisdictions under state rules or opt out.

If a municipality does not enact an ordinance by the deadline, then any cannabis business that is permitted would be allowed to operate under state rules.

Camden is not the first to consider a pause to look at the big picture, according to Mike McQueeny, an attorney with Foley-Hoag who consults municipalities and businesses on the cannabis industry in New Jersey and New York.

Camden’s committee has been meeting for months.

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