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Medical marijuana companies in New Jersey have been clamoring for months for permission from regulators to sell recreational weed to adults. A year ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that allowed such a regulated cannabis industry to operate in the state. The companies say they are ready and have been pressuring the fledgling New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission through the media since late October to let them get started. They say they’ve boosted inventories and added hundreds of staff in anticipation of recreational sales starting by the law’s one-year anniversary on Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean the firms have…

CHESHIRE, CT — A former corrections officer is accused of bringing drugs into the Cheshire Correctional Institution and selling them to inmates last year, according to Connecticut State Police. Noe Agramonte, 39, was arrested Thursday on a warrant in connection with an investigation that was launched on Jan. 28, 2021. He was charged with unauthorized conveyance of items into a correctional institution, a felony. Police began investigating after an inmate was found to be in the possession of marijuana inside their cell, along with a handwritten note that said to “Have your peoples go to a Cash App and send…

The Fairfield CARES Community Coalition and Fairfield’s Local Prevention Council, are hosting a presentation, “Today’s Cannabis/Marijuana and Fentanyl: What Parents Need To Know Now,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 23. The event will be a free seminar for community members, especially parents of adolescents and teens. It will be at the Penfield Pavilion, located at 323 Fairfield Beach Road in Fairfield. The guest speaker will be Dr. Deepa Camenga, associate program director for the Yale University School of Medicine’s Pediatric Addiction Programs and an associate professor of emergency medicine. Cathy Hazlett, Fairfield CARES’ program director, will also provide…

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CEDRIC GOODWIN, also known as “Ceddyo,” 32, last residing in West Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm and drug offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, in the early morning hours of September 22, 2019, Goodwin attempted to enter a bar located on Crown Street in downtown New Haven.  During a pat-down search of Goodwin by a security worker, a firearm…

CHESHIRE, CT — A former corrections officer is accused of bringing drugs into the Cheshire Correctional Institution and selling them to inmates last year, according to Connecticut State Police. Noe Agramonte, 39, was arrested Thursday on a warrant in connection with an investigation that was launched on Jan. 28, 2021. He was charged with unauthorized conveyance of items into a correctional institution, a felony. Police began investigating after an inmate was found to be in the possession of marijuana inside their cell, along with a handwritten note that said to “Have your peoples go to a Cash App and send…

Press Releases 02/18/2022 DCP Drug Control Division Increases Monthly Allotment for Medical Marijuana Patients MMP Patients may now access up to 3.5 ounces per month FEBRUARY 18, 2022 — The Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) Drug Control Division’s Medical Marijuana Program has increased monthly allotments for medical marijuana patients from 3.0 ounces to 3.5 ounces. The increase, based on the department’s evaluation of the current medical marijuana market, is an effort to provide patients with greater access to medication for their debilitating conditions. Patients are limited to purchasing up to 2.5 ounces per transaction but may now purchase a total…

CHESHIRE — A Cheshire Correctional Institution officer turned himself in to police after he was charged with bringing contraband — marijuana and a cellphone — into the prison, according to state police records. The corrections officer, 39-year-old Noe Agramonte, is charged with unauthorized conveyance of items into a correctional institution, according to an arrest report from state police. State police were called to the facility in January 2021 to investigate an inmate who allegedly possessed narcotics. A state trooper said there was marijuana in an inmate’s cell along with a piece of paper saying, “Have your peoples go to a…

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