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NEW FAIRFIELD — While some towns have prohibited cannabis enterprises looking to do business within their borders, New Fairfield has decided to follow suit of other municipalities and temporarily ban retail cannabis. Connecticut legalized recreational adult-use of marijuana in July, leaving municipal zoning boards with the decision of allowing, banning or imposing moratoriums on retail cannabis businesses. Some towns have gone the prohibition route, while others like Danbury have imposed temporary bans. Newtown was the first in the area to prohibit cannabis establishments back in July. In addition to allowing people 21 years and older to possess certain amounts of…

Connecticut has announced plans to use a software company that will monitor cannabis sales, growth and manufacturing as the state launches its recreational marijuana program. The state announced Monday it plans to use software developed by Consultants Consortium, Inc., and its partner, Forian, to operate the tracking system. The Cannabis Analytic Tracking System aims to give “real-time inventory of cannabis products available in the state and to prevent unlawful diversion of products,” according to a state Department of Consumer Protection news release. The Consultants Consortium will also provide project management services, oversight and support of the system. It will cost…

Connecticut has announced plans to use a software company that will monitor cannabis sales, growth and manufacturing as the state launches its recreational marijuana program. The state announced Monday it plans to use software developed by Consultants Consortium, Inc., and its partner, Forian, to operate the tracking system. The Cannabis Analytic Tracking System aims to give “real-time inventory of cannabis products available in the state and to prevent unlawful diversion of products,” according to a state Department of Consumer Protection news release. The Consultants Consortium will also provide project management services, oversight and support of the system. It will cost…

VERNON — A proposed zoning amendment regarding the retail sale of cannabis in town is causing controversy as it would allow retail sales of marijuana as close as 500 feet from a school. For School Superintendent Joseph Macary, this distance is too close for comfort. At a public hearing last week, Macary told the Planning and Zoning Commission that the proposed distance is in violation of state and federal law. “There is a federal law and a state law that says there are supposed to be drug-free school zones. And those school zones are 1,500 feet from the boundary of…

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Connecticut has announced plans to use a software company that will monitor cannabis sales, growth and manufacturing as the state launches its recreational marijuana program. The state announced Monday it plans to use software developed by Consultants Consortium, Inc., and its partner, Forian, to operate the tracking system. The Cannabis Analytic Tracking System aims to give “real-time inventory of cannabis products available in the state and to prevent unlawful diversion of products,” according to a state Department of Consumer Protection news release. The Consultants Consortium will also provide project management services, oversight and support of the system. It will cost…

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHAZ DEAR, also known as “Spazz,” 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun.  According to court documents and statements made in court, in late 2019, law enforcement received information that Dear, who was on state parole, was selling marijuana.  Investigators subsequently made a controlled purchase of marijuana from Dear.  On January 30, 2020, Dear was arrested after a court-authorized search…

Newsworthy Highlights Cannabis Company Contests $166K Cash Seizure by Kansas Police. According to news articles, Kansas police seized $166,000 in Missouri medical marijuana profits during a traffic stop, claiming the money smelled like marijuana. The driver was transporting the money for cannabis dispensaries from Missouri to Colorado. Marijuana is legal in both states. According to the Kansas police and federal Drug Enforcement Agency, the profits were seized because marijuana is currently illegal under Kansas law and the money was obtained in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The company argued the money should be returned because there is no…