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The Connecticut bill that legalized recreational use of cannabis includes a provision to increase the number of police officers trained to determine if someone is under the influence of marijuana. However, health experts say it’s difficult — perhaps even impossible — to tell definitively if someone has used marijuana and, if so, how much. “If I cannot determine that clinically, I don’t think that law enforcement has any better resources than the entire medical and scientific establishment on this topic,” medical toxicologist Ryan Marino said. As of the end of July, there were 54 police officers trained as drug recognition…

The Connecticut bill that legalized recreational use of cannabis includes a provision to increase the number of police officers trained to determine if someone is under the influence of marijuana. However, health experts say it’s difficult — perhaps even impossible — to tell definitively if someone has used marijuana and, if so, how much. “If I cannot determine that clinically, I don’t think that law enforcement has any better resources than the entire medical and scientific establishment on this topic,” medical toxicologist Ryan Marino said. As of the end of July, there were 54 police officers trained as drug recognition…

This column is part of the Heard on the Street stock-picking contest. You’re invited to play along with us here. A little-known organic garden center supplier has outpaced the likes of Amazon and Netflix on the stock market throughout the pandemic. Knotty cannabis laws should continue to fertilize its growth. Nasdaq-listed GrowGeneration owns a chain of 58 stores across the U.S. that sell “hydroponic” equipment including the heat lamps and trays needed to grow plants indoors without soil. The gear can be used for trendy organic vertical farming. But most of GrowGeneration’s business is done with cannabis growers, including everyone…

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OKEMAH, Okla. (AP) — Chip Baker surveyed a vast field on the outskirts of an old hay farm an hour east of Oklahoma City, his ponytail waving in the thick, humid air, his voice growing excited. “This is probably the largest collection of Squirt in the world!” he boasted, pointing to an array of neatly plotted cannabis plants before him that will soon flower pounds of the popular strain. Baker would know. From the time he planted his first marijuana plant at 13, he’s been all about growing weed. A dream formed in the Georgia fields took him to Humboldt…

DANBURY – Democrat Roberto Alves said retail marijuana businesses would have the green light in the Hat City if he is elected mayor in November, while Republican Dean Esposito said his administration would first seek the will of the people. “As the mayor, first I would look into getting a good feel of what actual residents think about this type of business,” Esposito said. “The tax revenue is the key because that is one of the main motivators why the state went with it, but I want to work with the residents.” Alves disagrees with a yellow light approach, saying…

Last month, three states — Virginia, South Dakota and Connecticut — joined the ranks of more than a dozen others that have legalized marijuana — also known as cannabis — for recreational use. Yet, despite these changing laws and growing social acceptance of the drug, a new study finds that use is still lower among cancer patients. The study, published today in the journal Cancer by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, analyzed data from nearly 20,000 people over a span of four years and found that reports of marijuana use peaked at 9% for cancer patients, compared…

Legal marijuana sales in multiple states reached record highs in mid-2020 as coronavirus spread across the nation, according a new study. To date, sales in the four states examined in the analysis—Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington—”have increased more during the COVID-19 pandemic than in the previous two years.” The study, authored by a group of health researchers, gathered pre-tax cannabis sales data from state regulatory agencies and compared those numbers over time. It found that even amid stay-at-home orders that dealt hard hits to other economic sectors, cannabis sales picked up speed. “Findings show a general increase in cannabis sales…