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The story was alarming and spread quickly: Two Springfield high school students had been admitted to the emergency department having smoked marijuana laced with fentanyl. “It took 8 hits of Narcan to revive one of the unconscious youth,” the story, claiming to be from “The Baystate Emergency Room” stated. The teens claimed the fentanyl-laced marijuana had come from a cannabis dispensary, one version of the message stated. The story, passed up to the Hampden District Attorney’s office and then forwarded to various community partners this week, was rapidly spread via email and social media through area school and police departments…

MANCHESTER — The Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday will hold a public hearing and discussion on a proposal to amend zoning regulations to allow the sale and cultivation of recreational marijuana in certain business zones in town. The public hearing begins at 7 p.m. in-person at Lincoln Center and virtually. If approved, the regulations could potentially open the door for marijuana establishments to fill some big box vacancies, and would add Manchester to the short list of north-central Connecticut towns willing to allow the sale and cultivation of marijuana within their borders. “I think there is going to be…

A top Rhode Island lawmaker on Thursday said that a bill to legalize marijuana in the Ocean State is nearly finalized, with just one major provision left to resolve following months of negotiations—and that he expects the issue to be resolved early in the new year. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi (D) told WPRI-TV that while legislators are “still not there” on a final product, he’s “happy to report that we’ve worked down to almost one issue that’s left, but it’s not there yet.” That issue relates to who should regulate the cannabis market—a new independent commission or the state Department…

2021 was a pivotal year in the fight for legal marijuana nationwide. Marijuana is currently legal in 36 states for medical reasons, and recreationally available in 18 states. Only four states still maintain the full prohibition of cannabis products; an additional three states have decriminalized but not legalized it; and seven states keep marijuana banned but legalized some cannabis products such as CBD oil. Wisconsin is torn between a progressive governor and a regressive legislature. Gov. Tony Evers repeatedly attempted to pass cannabis reform, including full legalization, through the levers of power accessible to him, but the Republican-controlled legislature shot…

Will These Marijuana Stocks See More Momentum This Month? Marijuana stocks are still showing a good amount of volatile trading in the market. This up and down trading has been both a positive and negative thing. The negative side to this is the obvious drop in the sector. This causes some investors to feel a bit reluctant to continue to invest in the sector. Mainly due to how long it takes to see any type of recovery or rise in trading. Now the positive side to volatile trading is when the sector starts to see an influx in the market….

Last spring, Illinois dispensary workers and consumers noticed there was mold in a popular brand of pre-rolled marijuana joints. “Numerous batches” possibly had been contaminated, state regulators said. But the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which regulates state-licensed marijuana dispensaries, never told the public. It didn’t warn consumers they might have bought tainted weed. Instead, it emailed dispensary operators on May 22, quietly directing them to quarantine all Mag Landrace cannabis flower products made by Verano Holdings. State officials told retailers that they could initiate a “voluntary recall” of those products — but left that up to the…

A top Rhode Island lawmaker on Thursday said that a bill to legalize marijuana in the Ocean State is nearly finalized, with just one major provision left to resolve following months of negotiations—and that he expects the issue to be resolved early in the new year. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi (D) told WPRI-TV that while legislators are “still not there” on a final product, he’s “happy to report that we’ve worked down to almost one issue that’s left, but it’s not there yet.” That issue relates to who should regulate the cannabis market—a new independent commission or the state Department…

A top Rhode Island lawmaker on Thursday said that a bill to legalize marijuana in the Ocean State is nearly finalized, with just one major provision left to resolve following months of negotiations—and that he expects the issue to be resolved early in the new year. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi (D) told WPRI-TV that while legislators are “still not there” on a final product, he’s “happy to report that we’ve worked down to almost one issue that’s left, but it’s not there yet.” That issue relates to who should regulate the cannabis market—a new independent commission or the state Department…