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A Connecticut legislative committee on Friday approved a bill that would set the state up to provide certain patients with access to psychedelic-assisted treatment with substances like MDMA and psilocybin. Before the vote, several members of the joint Public Health Committee remarked on the compelling testimony of top military officials, advocates and scientists who spoke about their experiences and the potential impact of the reform at a hearing earlier this week. The legislation was approved on a noncontroversial basis as part of the panel’s consent calendar. It now advances to floor consideration. The measure, HB 5396, would create psychedelic treatment…

NORWALK — A state agency revoked the law enforcement certifications of two former city cops after an internal investigation by the Norwalk Police Department found they “betrayed the public trust” by consuming alcohol on the job, documents show. The Police Officer Standards and Training Council voted last week to decertify former Norwalk police officers Michael DiMeglio, 39, and Sara Laudano, 32, effectively barring the two from working as police officers in Connecticut. “I was not surprised by their decision,” Norwalk Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik said of the council’s actions. Norwalk police arrested DiMeglio and Laudano in January 2021, about three…

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Mar 17, 2022, 1:28amUpdated 1d ago By: News 12 Staff New information has been released about a disturbing drug trend in schools, as officials now say a dozen students in Orange County overdosed on marijuana-based products in the last two weeks. Crawford Police Chief Dominic Blasko says three teenage students suffered seizure-like symptoms in front of their frightened classmates last week at Pine Bush High School after overdosing on drugs. “One was in the hallway, one was in the bathroom, and one was in the classroom,” says Crawford Police Chief Dominic Blasko. Blasko says the students ingested a range of…

Mar 17, 2022, 1:28amUpdated 31m ago By: News 12 Staff New information has been released about a disturbing drug trend in schools, as officials now say a dozen students in Orange County overdosed on marijuana-based products in the last two weeks. Crawford Police Chief Dominic Blasko says three teenage students suffered seizure-like symptoms in front of their frightened classmates last week at Pine Bush High School after overdosing on drugs. “One was in the hallway, one was in the bathroom, and one was in the classroom,” says Crawford Police Chief Dominic Blasko. Blasko says the students ingested a range of…

Mar 16, 2022, 9:18pmUpdated 5h ago By: News 12 Staff Police on Tuesday raided a City of Newburgh smoke shop that was allegedly selling marijuana laced with fentanyl to unsuspecting customers. Authorities executed a search warrant at Mellow Mood Smoke Shop on Broadway, which now appears to be shut down. A victim reached out to News 12 in February, which sparked the investigation. The woman says she had to be revived with Narcan after buying and smoking what she thought was legally grown marijuana. Authorities believe other people may have overdosed on the same night. Related Stories Share this story

A Connecticut legislative committee on Friday approved a bill that would set the state up to provide certain patients with access to psychedelic-assisted treatment with substances like MDMA and psilocybin. Before the vote, several members of the joint Public Health Committee remarked on the compelling testimony of top military officials, advocates and scientists who spoke about their experiences and the potential impact of the reform at a hearing earlier this week. The legislation was approved on a noncontroversial basis as part of the panel’s consent calendar. It now advances to floor consideration. The measure, HB 5396, would create psychedelic treatment…

Union officials on Wednesday announced they will be launching  workforce development programs for the state’s “budding” cannabis industry, with the hopes of spurring new job opportunities and growing their membership ranks. Representatives from UFCW Local 919 and Local 371 — two Connecticut coalitions that are part of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union — and other cannabis-industry stakeholders met outside the Capitol in Hartford to discuss efforts to increase employment and training opportunities in cannabis-related businesses. The Connecticut AFL-CIO, one of the most powerful unions in Connecticut and nationwide, has endorsed the UFCW as the Connecticut Cannabis Union,…