It was standing room only at a meeting on Tuesday in New Buffalo Township as residents voiced their concerns and asked questions about all of the new marijuana businesses that have opened in town in recent years. The township organized the meeting because trustees hear a lot of questions during their regular township board meetings that can’t be answered at that time. New Buffalo Township Police Department Lieutenant Thad Chartrand led the session and tells us many of the concerns are around crime created by the dispensaries, but he’s been following the statistics. With the increased traffic, they are pulling out in front of other people on U.S. Highway 12 because there is more traffic. Some also have concerns about how the marijuana businesses could be affecting younger generations.