CT medical marijuana dispensary has big plans to enter recreational market – Hartford Business Journal
Fine Fettle, a growing medical marijuana dispensary, has submitted applications to convert two of its shops into hybrid retail establishments, which would allow it to sell both medical and recreational cannabis, company officials confirmed to Hartford Business Journal. According to Fine Fettle’s Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Zachs, hybrid license applications have already been submitted for the company’s Newington and Willimantic locations. The company is still waiting on hybrid zoning approval in Stamford for its newest location, which opened last month, but when that happens the company plans to submit an application there as well. Zachs said the state’s regulations on…
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Buy a T-shirt, get some weed: Connecticut bill aims to end marijuana ‘gifting’ – Hartford Courant
“With the current law as it stands, more than 99% of all recreational marijuana in the state of Connecticut will eventually be produced by large Multi-State Operators who are headquartered in other locations,” said Brant Smith, of Hemp House Farms in Cheshire. “The farming community of Connecticut; who live, work, and pay taxes here, will be effectively shut out of this new industry.”
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Incarceration rates demographics in Connecticut | State | primepublishers.com – PrimePublishers.com
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Not only that, America also puts more people in prison per capita than in any other independent democracy. Even progressive states with low incarceration rates relative to the rest of the United States have more people in jail than most other places in the developed world. If individual states were counted as countries, many of them would have the highest incarceration rates in the world, ahead of actual entire other countries. The reasons behind the mass incarceration epidemic in the United States are multifaceted and complex. They are not…
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Congress continues DC cannabis ban (Newsletter: March 10, 2022) – Marijuana Moment
Top MD senator: put more marijuana details on ballot; Senate candidate at drive-thru dispensary; MO psychedelics bill; MT sales Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Before you dig into today’s cannabis news, I wanted you to know you can keep this resource free and published daily by subscribing to Marijuana Moment on Patreon. We’re a small independent publication diving deep into the cannabis world and rely on readers like you to keep going. …
Read More »Buy a T-shirt, get some weed: CT bill aims to end marijuana ‘gifting’ – The Connecticut Mirror
Hundreds of shoppers filtered through rows of vendors selling novelty art and clothing earlier this year at High Bazaar, a Hamden festival where a “gift” of a marijuana product often accompanied the items they purchased. But the High Bazaar parties are on hold for now, after the town of Hamden claimed permitting violations. And while a hearing in that civil case is scheduled for later this week, the state legislature is considering a bill that would outlaw such “gifting.” Join in the work of CT Mirror You may not be on staff, but you can produce the journalism. House Bill…
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Delaware Marijuana Legalization Bill Fails In House—Even Though Most Representatives Voted For It – Marijuana Moment
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…
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Cannabis entrepreneurs eye North Haven. But are residents on board? – CT Insider
He would love to open a retail facility in North Haven, where he lives. But he may be up against a challenge: in a public input session Monday, when entrepreneurs like Frytz shared their aspirations with the Planning & Zoning Commission, a group of residents spoke against allowing any kind of recreational cannabis establishments in town. Like towns across the state, North Haven is weighing how to regulate recreational cannabis. Frytz was invited to the meeting to answer questions about the cannabis industry, he said, and not with the goal of swaying commissioners one way or the other. But while…
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Cannabis entrepreneurs eye North Haven. But are residents on board? – New Haven Register
He would love to open a retail facility in North Haven, where he lives. But he may be up against a challenge: in a public input session Monday, when entrepreneurs like Frytz shared their aspirations with the Planning & Zoning Commission, a group of residents spoke against allowing any kind of recreational cannabis establishments in town. Like towns across the state, North Haven is weighing how to regulate recreational cannabis. Frytz was invited to the meeting to answer questions about the cannabis industry, he said, and not with the goal of swaying commissioners one way or the other. But while…
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