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MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP — More than 30 people attended the Mifflin Township trustees meeting on Tuesday to voice their opinions on a proposed marijuana dispensary near Interstate 71.
Trustees said they also received multiple emails for and against a dispensary at a Crider Road address.
Mifflin Township passed a medical marijuana dispensary ban in 2017 after the state of Ohio legalized medical use. Trustee chair John Jaholnycky said the board will consider an update to the medical ban at a special meeting scheduled for July 8 at 5:45 p.m.
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“We have to listen to our constituents and it’s just not a good fit,” Jaholnycky said. “It’s all new. We don’t know how much we’d get if we allowed this.”
PharmaCann’s chief investment officer Greg Fodell told Richland Source in a phone call Wednesday that the company considered a location at exit 176 as a potential site because of its accessibility off the highway.
“The ease of access and it’s an underserved area,” he said.
