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[embedded content] CBIA’s HR counsel Diane Mokriski and associate counsel John Blair team up with Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessy partner Nick Zaino for an essential HR Hotline Live, recorded Sept. 28, 2021. This webinar addresses employer rights, obligations, protections and exemptions as they relate to Connecticut’s new recreational marijuana law, approved by the Connecticut General Assembly in June, 2021. Carmody-slides Connecticut’s Marijuana Law: What Employers Need to Know was made possible through the generous support of Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessy LLP.

The U.S. Supreme Court is getting more pressure to take up a case on the legality of establishing safe injection sites where people can use illicit drugs in a medically supervised environment, with attorneys general from 10 states and D.C. filing an amicus brief urging the justices to take action. Representatives from 14 cities and counties, as well as the mayor of Philadelphia, which is at the center of the current case, also  filed amici briefs in support of the case in recent days. The attorneys general of Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and…

By Eric O’Connell/Zip06.com • 09/28/2021 04:56 p.m. EST The Old Saybrook Zoning Commission (ZC) will hold a hybrid public hearing over a proposed moratorium on marijuana regulations at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4. If passed, the moratorium will give the commission more time to study the issue. 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. Town Planner…

The U.S. Supreme Court is getting more pressure to take up a case on the legality of establishing safe injection sites where people can use illicit drugs in a medically supervised environment, with attorneys general from 10 states and D.C. filing an amicus brief urging the justices to take action. Representatives from 14 cities and counties, as well as the mayor of Philadelphia, which is at the center of the current case, also  filed amici briefs in support of the case in recent days. The attorneys general of Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and…

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENDALL JONES, also known as “Wolf,” 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, in September and October 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force, along with state and local law enforcement officers, conducted an operation in response to a recent spike in drug-related violence in Hartford’s North End.  Jones…

Starting this Friday, patients registered with Connecticut’s medical cannabis program can start cultivating at home. From October 1, qualified patients aged 18+ are permitted to grow up to six cannabis plants at their homes. In a situation where more than one registered patient lives in the household, the maximum number of plants is 12. In Connecticut, a patient needs to be diagnosed by a state-licensed physician as having one of a wide range of qualifying conditions in order to access medical cannabis. In cases where the patient is under 18 years of age, a parent or guardian must name two…

Eighteen states and Washington, D.C., have legalized pot for recreational use. September 27, 2021, 11:54 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Recreational pot has become legal for more Americans, but despite that ease of access, marijuana use hasn’t ignited, a study released Monday found. An article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association found there was no increase in cannabis use among the general population or among previous users after their states legalized marijuana. Researchers surveyed about 830,000 Americans over age 12 on their reported cannabis use, both before and after recreational…

A former Republican congresswoman is touting the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics, sharing the story of how a close family friend was able to recover from alcoholism with the help of psilocybin. Former Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) gave the personal anecdote during a recent interview with Spectrum News. She was discussing a bill that’s temporarily stalled in the state legislature to legalize the possession of a wide range of psychedelics. “Somebody who’s very close to our family was an alcoholic at the age of 15 years old, and he tried everything he could in order to overcome this disease and he…