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A class-action lawsuit alleged that prisoners had to drink and bath in dirty, smelly water at a Connecticut prison years before two prisoners contracted Legionnaires’ disease. David Madison / Getty Images Signed in the 2021 legislative session, the biggest component of the act allows for the erasure of some criminal records starting in 2023. According to the law, people who have been charged with low-level felonies can petition for a court to clear their public records after seven years if the offense occurred on or after Jan. 1, 2000. The law does not apply to Class A, B or C felonies…

One of the nation’s top cannabis reform advocacy groups—the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)—is getting a new leader with an extensive professional background in the enactment and implementation of state-level legalization as a lawmaker and government official. Toi Hutchinson, who most recently served as the senior advisor on cannabis to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), will replace Steve Hawkins and join the national advocacy organization as president and CEO. The changeup, which was shared exclusively with Marijuana Moment ahead of the announcement, comes at a vital time in the cannabis legalization movement in which MPP has played a key role in…

RI leaders close to legalization deal; Bourbon-selling KY senator worried about medical marijuana; Record IL cannabis 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… Your good deed for the day: donate to an independent publisher like Marijuana Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most in-depth cannabis reporting out there.Support our work at https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment/ TOP THINGS TO KNOWThe federal monopoly on growing cannabis for research has officially ended,…

“We could raise a whole bunch of money and potentially cut property taxes.” By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin The bills have bipartisan support. Their sponsors include left-leaning Democrats and libertarian Republicans. One has been advanced by a Republican chairman of an influential committee; another by the House Democratic leader himself. But as New Hampshire lawmakers put forward the latest round of marijuana legalization bills for next year’s session, the outcomes appear all but predetermined. The bills will move from a House committee to the House floor, where they’ll likely get a bipartisan majority. They’ll cross to the Senate, and…

Marijuana multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings said it has received commitments for a privately placed debt raise of $425 million – the largest yet for a U.S. cannabis company – while securing an interest cost that is among the lowest in the industry. The five-year senior secured notes have an 8% annual interest rate, according to a news release issued Monday by the Massachusetts-based company. Advertisement The agreement also permits up to an additional $200 million of senior bank financing. The deal is the biggest example yet of a shift from equity to debt financing, with large MSOs enjoying some of…

Colorado voters could have the chance next year to vote on legalizing possession and personal cultivation of psychedelics, and creating a system of licensed businesses to produce psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline for supervised use at “healing centers.” A national advocacy group recently filed two separate psychedelics reform initiatives for Colorado’s 2022 ballot, both of which are titled the Natural Medicine Healing Act. The first would legalize the possession, cultivation and an array of entheogenic substances, as well as establish a regulatory model for psychedelics therapy. The other is a similar, but somewhat more dialed-back proposal that would initially legalize…

MAMARONECK – A Rocky Hill, Connecticut man has been arrested following a traffic stop on I-95 in Mamaroneck when he was found in possession of 1.16 pounds of marijuana. New state law allows a person to possess up to three ounces of marijuana. Angel Rodriguez, Jr., 29, was charged with misdemeanor criminal possession of marijuana and was issued an appearance ticket returnable to village court. .fb-background-color { background: !important; } .fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe { width: 100% !important; } Facebook Notice for EU! You need to login to view and post FB Comments! #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; border: 2px solid #241b6b; padding-top:…

Dec 14, 2021, 3:55amUpdated 58m ago By: News 12 Staff With recreational marijuana becoming legal in New York, a controversial debate has sparked among doctors and advocates over whether it inspires users to try harder drugs. There is a theory that marijuana serves as gateway to drugs like heroin and cocaine. Dr. Jared Pachter, a professor of addiction medicine at Stony Brook University, says this is not always the case. “I think it’s unfair to say that marijuana alone is a gateway drug,” he says. “It’s not fair to label it as that because the majority of people will not…