Tickets are limited for NJ Cannabis Insider’s next meetup, featuring state Sen. Declan O’Scanlon and Fruqan Mouzon, the former general counsel for the state Senate Majority Office.

Sponsored by Supreme Security Systems, the Dec. 4 networking event takes place at Red Tank Brewery in Red Bank from 6-9 p.m. For more information or to sign-up, look here for details.

O’Scanlon — a supporter of medical cannabis and one of the Republican lawmakers Democrats believed would flip in support of adult-use legislation — announced last week he opposed any further discussion of cannabis legislation in the current legislative session. New Jersey voters will now have a chance to legalize cannabis through a ballot referendum.

“To be clear, I will be a firm vote against any form of legalization legislation until and unless voters have voted in favor of legalization,” O’Scanlon said.

Mouzon, who is a pro-business lobbyist, kept an optimistic tone despite the obvious set back, telling attendees at the cannabis panel at the League of Municipalities conference in Atlantic City last week that businesses in the cannabis space or still looking to get in still have ample opportunities.

“I tell my clients, focus on the smaller towns,” said Mouzon, now the cannabis chair at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, explaining how tax structures and incentives would be significant for towns that welcome cannabis industry. “Then you take a little of that money and give it to the local [charity] — now you’re doing something for the community you’re doing business in.”

Mouzon has also been among several Trenton insiders calling for State Senate President Steve Sweeney to take the bill to the floor to shine a light on those who cast a No vote.

Present at NJ Cannabis Insider’s most recent meetup in Atlantic City were representatives from three of New Jersey’s dispensaries — Curaleaf, Compassionate Care Foundation, Garden State Dispensary — as well as lobbyists from Genova Burns, Marijuana Policy Project, Komjathy & Kean, Minorities For Medical Marijuana, and ACLU-NJ.

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