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East Lyme — The Board of Selectmen is poised to consider a temporary ban on marijuana establishments and smoking weed in public spaces, even as a proposed amendment to allow dispensaries in town winds its way through the bureaucratic process. East Lyme selectmen have set an Oct. 20 public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would put a six-month pause on any cultivation, production, dispensing or transport of cannabis within the town borders, according to the draft ordinance written by town attorney Tracy Collins. The smoking prohibition would mean no one could smoke marijuana on “town-owned or controlled” property, including sidewalks,…

Staff Reports Oct. 13, 2021 1of14 The Botanist, the new medical marijuana dispensary, on Mill Plain Road, held an opening ceremony on Wednesday morning. October 13, 2021, in Danbury, Conn. H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of14 Carl Tirella, Acreage Holdings’s general manager in Connecticut, during the opening ceremony for The Botanist, the new medical marijuana dispensary, on Mill Plain Road. The Botanist is owned by Acreage Holdings. Wednesday morning. October 13, 2021, in Danbury, Conn. H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of14 4of14 Anthony M. Rizzo Jr., president of Rizzo Corporation,…

For years, Democratic lawmakers have mostly led the charge in pushing for marijuana legalization—but that seems to be changing of late. The latest example comes from a pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers who announced a new bill to legalize cannabis on Tuesday, a move that comes as activists are collecting signatures to put a cannabis initiative on the state’s ballot next year. While polling has shown that marijuana reform is increasingly a bipartisan issue with voters, that attitude hasn’t been largely reflected in state legislatures across the U.S., or in Congress. But this month alone, new legalization legislation is being…

For years, Democratic lawmakers have mostly led the charge in pushing for marijuana legalization—but that seems to be changing of late. The latest example comes from a pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers who announced a new bill to legalize cannabis on Tuesday, a move that comes as activists are collecting signatures to put a cannabis initiative on the state’s ballot next year. While polling has shown that marijuana reform is increasingly a bipartisan issue with voters, that attitude hasn’t been largely reflected in state legislatures across the U.S., or in Congress. But this month alone, new legalization legislation is being…

By Eric O’Connell/Zip06.com • 10/12/2021 03:36 p.m. EST The Town Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20 over proposed ordinances that if passed affect marijuana sale and consumption, blight, fire marshal fees, and increases in the land use fees. After the hearing the Town Council has a regular meeting. The council is expected to enact the ordinances in that meeting. At the public hearing, citizens can speak in favor of the ordinances, against the ordinances, or neutrally on the ordinances. In the past, proposed ordinances went to a public vote. However, per the Town…

By Eric O’Connell/Zip06.com • 10/12/2021 01:29 p.m. EST The Old Saybrook Zoning Commission (ZC) unanimously passed a moratorium on marijuana regulations at a meeting held Oct. 4. The moratorium gives the commission more time to study the issue before it must decide if marijuana retail would be allowed in town. Earlier this year, Connecticut legislators passed a bill that legalized recreational marijuana use by adults in the state. Now, it’s up to local municipalities to interpret what regulations will be enacted to control its sale in each town. In Old Saybrook, the ZC has opted to take a moratorium route….

Thanks to the legislation in Hartford, Guilford and the rest of Connecticut now live in the era of commercialized marijuana. Do you know what “shatter,” “wax,” “dab products” and “highly potent THC vaping products” are? Most Guilford parents and kids are not aware of the health risks of marijuana use by teens, especially the new high THC concentrates. The cannabis industry denies its products pose a risk. The new profiteers portray their product as a benign plant, harmless “recreation.” In fact, they sell highly processed psychoactive chemicals, far more dangerous than the marijuana with 0.5 percent — 10 percent THC…

Thanks to the legislation in Hartford, Guilford and the rest of Connecticut now live in the era of commercialized marijuana. Do you know what “shatter,” “wax,” “dab products” and “highly potent THC vaping products” are? Most Guilford parents and kids are not aware of the health risks of marijuana use by teens, especially the new high THC concentrates. The cannabis industry denies its products pose a risk. The new profiteers portray their product as a benign plant, harmless “recreation.” In fact, they sell highly processed psychoactive chemicals, far more dangerous than the marijuana with 0.5 percent — 10 percent THC…