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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…

BRIDGEPORT — Overwhelmed by Freedom of Information Act requests for municipal documents and under pressure from the state watchdog agency that enforces those regulations to catch up, the law department wants to hire an additional staffer to help process inquiries. “We’re inundated with them,” City Attorney R. Christopher Meyer said in an interview this week. “And they’re not simple requests. They don’t say, ‘Give a one page report that exists.’ They … require a lot of searching and a lot of work.” According to Meyer, the projected number of FOIA submissions for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30,…

The Kentucky House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The legislation now heads to the Senate. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Jason Nemes (R), was taken up by the full chamber about a week after clearing the House Judiciary Committee. Meanwhile, separate adult-use and medical legalization bills were filed by Democratic lawmakers last month. The vote on the floor was 59-34. “This is Kentucky grown, Kentucky processed, Kentucky tested,” Nemes said ahead of the vote. “Grown by Kentucky farmers on Kentucky land with Kentucky seeds for our Kentucky brothers and sisters and the Kentucky…

CEO Chris Beals has positioned WM Technology among the nation’s largest marijuana e-commerce and advertising platforms. The parent company of Weedmaps closed 2021 with record annual revenue of $193.1 million. ADVERTISEMENT Irvine, California-based WM Technology also recorded a sharp jump in net income, to $152.2 million versus $38.8 million in 2020. The company’s average monthly paying clients, meanwhile, rose 5% in 2021, to a record 4,337. “Clients” include cannabis retailers that use the company’s online ordering and point-of-sale platform as well as other services under its WM Business unit. At the end of 2021, the company also counted 15.7 million…

Tolland’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 Monday night to allow retail cannabis establishments in most of the town’s commercial zones with certain restrictions. Under the new rules, a cannabis retailer or medical marijuana dispensary would be allowed by site plan in nearly every commercial zone except a small area at the intersection of Baxter Street and Route 195. Additionally, any retail cannabis establishment in the Technology Campus Zone along Route 195 between Goose Lane and Hillview Drive would need a special permit, since retail is not normally permitted in this area. The PZC also decided to place additional restrictions…

The investigation also revealed that Davis, using the name “Steve Williams,” was under investigation in 2008 for marijuana trafficking, federal authorities said in the statement. In August 2008, Bridgeport Police searched Davis’s Bridgeport apartment and discovered “a fake identification, photos of Davis/Williams, three firearms, extended magazines, ammunition, drug packaging paraphernalia, marijuana packaged for resale, and eight UPS receipts for packages that had not arrived,” federal authorities said in the statement.  Bridgeport Police subsequently seized the UPS packages, which contained a total of more than 75 pounds of marijuana.  “Williams” was not located.

A Rhode Island Senate committee on Tuesday held the first hearing on a much-anticipated bill to legalize marijuana in the state. But while activists are eager to end cannabis criminalization, the measure faced pushback over a key provision concerning the proposed process for expunging prior convictions. The bill from Sen. Joshua Miller (D), which was unveiled earlier this month, was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee. A companion House version from Rep. Scott Slater (D) has not yet been scheduled for a committee hearing. This development also comes two months after Gov. Dan McKee (D) included a proposal to end cannabis…

By Eric O’Connell/Zip06.com • 03/15/2022 04:14 p.m. EST Old Saybrook’s Zoning Commission (ZC) will hold a public hearing over a proposed regulation that will limit retail marijuana dispensaries only to the B-4 district and only businesses permitted prior to Jan. 1, 2022, effectively limiting applicants to one of two businesses that received prior approval from the town but have yet to win a permit from the state. No date has been set for the hearing. Last year, Connecticut legislators passed a bill that legalized recreational marijuana use by adults in the state. The move left it up to local municipalities…