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Nov 17, 2021, 1:32amUpdated 12h ago By: News 12 Staff Stockton University will be holding a cannabis career fair on Wednesday for those who are interested in the industry. The university has a minor and certificate program in cannabis studies and says that there are many jobs in the industry that will pop up in the next six to 12 months when dispensaries begin to open. “Students who come in often know that you can cultivate it, you can process that middle step and then you can also work in a dispensary and retail,” says adjunct professor Rob Mejia. “But…

By Elizabeth Reinhart/Zip06.com • 11/16/2021 02:34 p.m. EST Several citizens spoke at the Nov. 9 meeting of the Essex Planning & Zoning Commission as its members continue to juggle two proposals related to cannabis facilities in town. The first proposal is from an Essex resident, Roger Kern, whose text amendment would ban any type of cannabis facility. The second proposal has been developed by the commission for a temporary, six-month moratorium where no application would be considered, nor would any zoning permits be issued, related to cannabis. No action was taken on either application, with the commission extending public hearings…

89 residents and staff in the Geer Village Senior Community have tested positive in the last seven weeks. Meanwhile, food workers in South Dakota and Amazon in California settle disputes over covid outbreaks, prevention and notification. CNN: Connecticut Nursing Home: 8 Deaths Reported After Recent Covid-19 Outbreak At Geer Village Senior Community In North Canaan  Eight residents of a nursing home in northwestern Connecticut have died since late September following a Covid-19 outbreak, the nursing home said in a statement. A total of 89 residents and staff — many of whom were fully vaccinated — have tested positive for Covid-19…

Connecticut regulators selected BioTrack to provide a marijuana seed-to-sale system to monitor inventory and keep tabs on business transactions in the state’s medical cannabis market and upcoming adult-use program. According to a news release, Newtown, Pennsylvania-based Forian, which produces BioTrack, was selected by the state’s Department of Consumer Protection Drug Control Division to provide an inventory of cannabis products and to prevent diversion. Advertisement All licensed medical and recreational medical companies in Connecticut will be required to log cannabis into BioTrack as it’s cultivated, processed, packaged, tested and sold. The system will also help with recall efforts if products are deemed…

Enlite Cannabis, which calls itself the “first minority-owned cannabis dispensary applicant from Western Massachusetts,” will open Tuesday in Northampton. The Cannabis Control Commission’s Social Equity Program provides training and assistance to those most affected by harsh drug enforcement. When Enlite opens Tuesday on Damon Road, near where the Calvin Coolidge Bridge spans the Connecticut River between Northampton and Hadley, it will do so as the first dispensary in the western part of the state to apply for certification via this program. Enlite is also owned locally by the Yee, Picknelly and Cutting families, it said in statement. On Nov. 27,…

Connecticut’s projected $750 million recreational marijuana market is unlikely to match the size of neighboring New York’s, but it’s poised to launch first and might turn out to have as strong – if not stronger – of a social equity program, industry experts agreed. State regulators said recently they are aiming for a relatively full launch by year-end 2022, while New York’s projected $2 billion-plus market likely is slipping into the spring of 2023. Advertisement The MJBizFactbook projects that Connecticut’s adult-use sales could total as much as $250 million in the first full year and up to $750 million by…

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As Hartford tries to breathe new life into its long-moribund downtown retail scene, Tiana Hercules is scoping out possible locations in the neighborhood for a new venture she’s trying to launch: Lady Jane, an adult-use cannabis dispensary. “I want it to be a luxury destination that not only carries top-of-the-line cannabis products, but really is a space to bring people together around education, cannabis and promoting conscious consumption,” Hercules said. Hercules, a criminal defense attorney at Hartford-based The Stills Law Firm, recently completed a startup accelerator program with Hartford nonprofit reSET, which works with local socially-conscious startups in its Parkville…