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Dec 14, 2021, 3:25amUpdated 1d ago By: News 12 Staff A medical marijuana dispensary will soon be opening in Hoboken after the state approved the application to open. The dispensary already had the city’s approval and hopes to open for medical sales on River Street by early next summer. And officials say that recreational marijuana could eventually be sold there, too. The dispensary will be operated by the Colorado-based cannabis company Terrapin. The company has teamed with Hoboken resident and longtime business owner Joe Castelo. Castelo also owns the building where the dispensary will be housed. It is located across…

Connecticut ranked sixth in the nation for the largest increase of traffic deaths during the first year of the pandemic, according to the National Safety Council. There were 254 traffic-related deaths in the state in 2019. That number increased to 310 last year. Eric Jackson, an associate professor of the Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center at the University of Connecticut, said the lack of law enforcement on the roads is one reason behind the increase. “There’s a lot less enforcement that’s out on the roadway and there’s a lot of different reasons for that,” Jackson said. “But you’re not seeing…

“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…

“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…

The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to settle an emerging dispute on whether employers can be forced to reimburse workers for the cost of medical cannabis used to treat job-related injuries. To date, state courts have come to differing conclusions on the issue, a situation advocates say warrants intervention from the high court. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed last week, Empire State NORML and two other groups—the New York City Cannabis Industry Association and the Hudson Valley Cannabis Industry Association—say the justices should take up an appeal out of Minnesota, using it to settle the broader tension on the…

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By Christina H. Davis It was only a few months ago that Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law legislation clearing the way for recreational, adult-use marijuana in the Nutmeg State. But already market forces inside and outside the state’s borders are moving rapidly in anticipation of a multimillion-dollar business opportunity. Those forces include a series of acquisitions involving out-of-state companies looking to gain a foothold in the state in advance of the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) opening applications for recreational marijuana licenses. One notable deal includes Chicago-based Verano Holdings Corp.’s acquisition of two medical marijuana dispensaries as well as…