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EAST HARTFORD — Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday discussed regulations for cannabis-related businesses. Concerns included where dispensaries and production facilities should be allowed, what permits would be required for each, and how close retailers can be to buildings such as schools and liquor stores. Members also discussed potential complications with existing zoning regulations for medical marijuana facilities. Town Planner Jeffrey Cormier said the basis for regulation of retail marijuana production and sale will be a modification of the town’s medical marijuana regulations, which have been in place since 2013. He said a draft will be presented…

Ben Kovler, founder and CEO of Green Thumb Industries Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg American cannabis firm Green Thumb Industries earlier this week reported positive net income for its fourth-straight quarter. CEO Ben Kovler told Barron’s the secret to rising sales was simple. “American consumers are choosing cannabis for well-being,” Kovler said, “and that’s driving a surge in this industry—not growth, it’s a surge.” The Chicago-based firm after the market closed on Wednesday reported second quarter net income of $22.1 million, or 10 cents a share. Analysts had been forecasting earnings of eight cents a share. Sales of $221.9 million were up…

WARWICK — A Chicago-based marijuana company bought 38 acres of former prison grounds for $3.3 million and is set to begin preparing the vacant site for a 450,000-square-foot building where it plans to grow and process weed. The future Green Thumb Industries plant in Warwick will be one of at least three cannabis-making businesses in Orange as companies race to tap the state’s newly legalized recreational pot market. PharmaCann already makes medical marijuana in Hamptonburgh and plans to expand, and Citiva Medical has partly built a greenhouse and processing facility next to where Green Thumb Industries will build in Warwick. Green Thumb hopes…

Law360 (August 12, 2021, 5:28 PM EDT) — As states move to more strictly regulate or outright ban Delta-8-THC and other psychoactive cannabinoids derived from hemp, the effort is revealing a fissure in the burgeoning industry and sparking debate about the limits of state regulators’ authority and the objectives of the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized hemp nationwide. The federal statute pegged the definition of the newly lawful crop to its concentration of Delta-9-THC, the more well-known substance in marijuana that causes a high, while remaining silent on more than 100 other compounds called cannabinoids produced by the cannabis plant….

MIDDLETOWN – The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday approved regulations that would allow the cultivation and sale of marijuana in Middletown, without taking action on the commission chair’s proposal to allow cultivation in residential zones that currently allow farming. The regulations approved by the commission allow “micro-cultivation” in three of the city’s four industrial zones – not including the I-3 zone that sits along the Connecticut River – its Interstate Trade zone along I-91, and its transitional development and industrial redevelopment zones. The commission also approved allowing marijuana retail sales in the city’s general business district – which…

MIDDLETOWN – The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday approved regulations that would allow the cultivation and sale of marijuana in Middletown, without taking action on the commission chair’s proposal to allow cultivation in residential zones that currently allow farming. The regulations approved by the commission allow “micro-cultivation” in three of the city’s four industrial zones – not including the I-3 zone that sits along the Connecticut River – its Interstate Trade zone along I-91, and its transitional development and industrial redevelopment zones. The commission also approved allowing marijuana retail sales in the city’s general business district – which…

Since the state’s legalization law was passed in June, West Hartford, Canton and several other towns have adopted moratoriums giving planners time to write special rules for recreational retailers. Many towns are concerned about stores being too close to churches or schools, or creating traffic jams.

Here are the news stories trending across Connecticut on Wednesday night: The police first received a report of gunshots fired at the mall near Macy’s shortly after 7 p.m. The shooter was still at large Wednesday night.>>>Read More. The woman has been charged with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of her grandmother and a man Sunday night.>>>Read More. Eversource is trying out a tree trimming program for remote areas using a helicopter.>>>Read More. Revised ordinances would link marijuana possession and use to that of alcohol and tobacco in the town’s public areas.>>>Read More.