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Gov. Ned Lamont is shown signing a landmark law on sports betting and online gambling legislation in his office at the state Capitol. The legislation takes effect July 1, but sports betting is not expected to start until the first National Football League game on Sept. 9. The Norman Rockwell painting behind the governor is an original that belongs to Lamont. (Office of Gov. Ned Lamont)

WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) — As Connecticut navigates the legalization of recreational marijuana, some towns and cities are asking for more time. Moratoriums have been passed, or are in the works, banning businesses from setting up shop. As Connecticut navigates the legalization of recreational marijuana, some towns and cities are asking for more time. For Waterbury, they want to take the time to see how other cities handle implementation. “Not only in Connecticut, but other cities and towns in states that have already legalized marijuana, particularly in New England, and see what the impacts are on those cities and towns on…

NEWTOWN – Leaders here are not alone in their haste to preempt Connecticut’s marijuana legalization law that goes into effect on Thursday, but Newtown will be the first municipality in the area to put a proposed ban on cannabis establishments before the public. Newtown’s public hearing on Thursday to ban all cannabis establishments including medicinal dispensaries will give residents their first chance to weigh in on marijuana legalization since June 22, when Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law “a national model for regulating adult-use cannabis.” Ridgefield and Danbury leaders have announced their own intentions to forestall recreational marijuana businesses from…

June 30, 2021Updated: June 30, 2021 5:55 p.m. 1of3 A cannibis plant that is close to harvest grows in a grow room at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond, Va., Thursday, June 17, 2021. The date for legalizing marijuana possession is drawing near in Virginia, and advocacy groups have been flooded with calls from people trying to understand exactly what becomes legal in July. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Steve Helber / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Tins of Green Leaf medicated chews are stacked up at the company’s plant in Richmond, Va., Thursday, June 17, 2021. The date for legalizing marijuana…

CT CannaWarriors Cody Roberts smokes marijuana in front of the State Capitol. He and other cannabis equity advocates gathered at the Legislative Office Building and then marched to the State Capitol in support of HB6377 cannabis legislation. (Brad Horrigan/The Hartford Courant)

STAMFORD — Starting on July 1, Connecticut is officially weed-friendly. But that doesn’t mean Stamfordites should expect dispensaries on every corner. The long road toward buying cannabis in town involves plenty of state oversight and local decision-making at the hands of municipal zoning commissions about who can do what and where. The basic rules are simple. Thanks to the new law, which Gov. Ned Lamont signed last week, people 21 and older can have up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis. In a locked container at home or in a car, adults can have up to five ounces. For vendors, the…

Connecticut Governor Andrew Ned Lamont signed into law on June 22, 2021 An Act Concerning Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis (the Act), which essentially legalized the recreational use of marijuana in the state. Among other things, it allows adults 21 and older to personally possess up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana or up to 5 ounces of marijuana in a locked container. It also permits for the expungement of certain marijuana-related convictions; sets up a framework for businesses to apply for grow, manufacture, retail and distribution licenses; and imposes certain restrictions on employers and protections for employees. While…