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Christopher J. Tuccio has seen students graduate from his horticulture program and pursue careers at medical marijuana dispensaries in Connecticut or recreational dispensaries in Massachusetts. Now, students at Naugatuck Valley Community College may take a course that will teach them how to grow marijuana plants. The college joins a number of higher education institutions in the state, including UConn, offering cannabis-related courses. “We were kind of offering plant-growing skills and they have to adapt on the job,” said Tuccio, program coordinator of horticulture and a professor of horticulture in the community college’s STEM division. “Now, it’s really useful. We can…

The following article was first posted on the Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessy LLP’s Labor and Employment blog and is reposted here with permission. On July 1, 2021, nearly 100 new laws took effect in Connecticut. Below is a summary of some key statutory changes that impacting employers and the workplace. Minimum Wage Increase Effective August 1, 2021, Connecticut’s minimum wage increased from $12 per hour to $13 per hour. The minimum wage will increase to $14 per hour on July 1, 2022 and to $15 per hour on June 1, 2023. Beginning January 1, 2024, the minimum wage will be published…

When then-president Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law, he had no idea he was accidentally federally legalizing the right to be high off marijuana across the United States. Delta-9 THC, the usual psychoactive component of the cannabis plant, is banned in legal hemp, but Delta-8 THC is legal, and it has similar effects on the human mind. Delta-8 THC was legalized by mistake due to lawmakers not being aware of this compound, which remained very obscure until a couple years ago. Now, some states are backpedaling on the legalization of Delta-8 THC. Starting in July 2021, Connecticut businesses can…

Christopher J. Tuccio has seen students graduate from his horticulture program and pursue careers at medical marijuana dispensaries in Connecticut or recreational dispensaries in Massachusetts. Now, students at Naugatuck Valley Community College may take a course that will teach them how to grow marijuana plants. The college joins a number of higher education institutions in the state, including UConn, offering cannabis-related courses. “We were kind of offering plant-growing skills and they have to adapt on the job,” said Tuccio, program coordinator of horticulture and a professor of horticulture in the community college’s STEM division. “Now, it’s really useful. We can…

East Lyme — The former owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Montville has put in a proposal to allow recreational marijuana dispensaries in the town’s light industrial zone. The zoning application came from resident Laurie Zrenda, former owner and manager of the Thames Valley Relief medical marijuana dispensary in Montville who wants to open a recreational pot shop in East Lyme. But first, regulations have to change to specifically add recreational dispensaries to the list of permitted uses in the zone. The proposed change — known as a text amendment — passed its first hurdle this week, with the unanimous endorsement of the Planning Commission. Members found the proposal…

VERNON, CT — The Vernon Town Council is mulling revisions to existing local ordinances that would ban the use of marijuana in municipally controlled public areas. Public hearings have been scheduled for Aug. 17 to review the revisions. Recreational marijuana was recently approved by the state legislature. The first hearing is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. It will review and take comment on on an ordinance titled, “Possession and Consumption of Alcoholic Liquor and Cannabis Prohibited in Town-Owned or Town-Leased Property; Smoking and Vaping Prohibited in Town-Owned or Town-Leased Property.” Alcohol and smoking are…

Johnny’s Ambassadors will present a free webinar by Laura Stack: “The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana”  Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021,  6:00 to 7:30 PM Register here to join in on this free zoom. The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana: Johnny Stack’s Life and Death Story Laura Stack, the founder of Johnny’s Ambassadors, will be discussing the loss of her son, Johnny, the dangers of today’s potent marijuana on adolescent brain development, and the connection of youth marijuana use to mental illness and suicide. Laura Stack’s 19-year-old son, Johnny, died by suicide on November 20, 2019, from paranoid delusion from using…

By Eric O’Connell/Zip06.com • 08/10/2021 02:20 p.m. EST The Old Saybrook Zoning Commission (ZC) will make a ruling on regulations related to marijuana retail after the commission is provided with more input from stakeholders. However, there is no timetable for that decision to be made. Last month Connecticut legislators passed a bill that legalized recreational marijuana use by adults in the state. Now, its up to local municipalities to interpret what regulations will be enacted to control its sale. Any regulations related to the sale of marijuana in Old Saybrook are likely to be controversial. While there is a contingent…