Bristol Ordinance Committee looks at new updates, laws regarding marijuana sales – The Bristol Press
@DeaniWright BRISTOL – With new updates in state and potential local laws regarding marijuana, the Bristol Ordinance Committee discussed the pros and cons of selling it within municipal limits. Bristol officials have recently said that with the passage of legal recreational marijuana into state law they would be looking into the potential for making taxable revenue from marijuana growers and cultivators that may wish to set up in Bristol. “I provided to you information from the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities which I think did a pretty good job in explaining about two pages of the large impacts of the recently…
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Residents of these 35 Connecticut cities and towns will get priority for marijuana business licenses – Hartford Courant
More than 200 of the state’s 833 census tracts qualify as “disproportionately impacted areas” based on their unemployment rates and historical drug conviction rates. Under the terms of the marijuana legalization bill signed into law earlier this year, residents of those neighborhoods — or those who grew up there — will pay lower licensing fees. And half of all marijuana business licenses must be reserved for applicants from those areas.
Read More »Tracking technology helps ensure marijuana stays out of the wrong hands – WFSB
(WFSB) – Soon, businesses will be able to grow and sell recreational marijuana in Connecticut, but how do we make sure none of it ends up on the black market? Other states use technology to track marijuana. Track-and-trace technology doesn’t just help ensure marijuana stays in the regulated market, it also protects consumers, it’s easier to recall products that go bad, and it’s all because companies can track even ounce from seed to sale. “I want to make sure that we are doing the most efficient, thoughtful process with every gram,” Megan Sanders, CEO of Canna Provisions, tells us. Megan…
Read More »Senators Vote To Expand Medical Marijuana Access For Military Veterans In Key Committee – Marijuana Moment
An influential U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday voted to advance funding legislation and attached report language that encourages the federal government to reconsider “arbitrary” THC restrictions on hemp and continue efforts to develop a regulatory pathway for CBD products. Those provisions, among others, were approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of legislation to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other federal agencies for Fiscal Year 2022. The legislation would also continue a rider that protects state hemp programs from federal interference and extend the terms of an earlier pilot program under which…
Read More »Licensing A Cannabis Business In Connecticut: What You Can Do To Start Planning Today – Cannabis & Hemp – United States – Mondaq News Alerts
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Co-Authored by Jessica TangResearcher/Summer Associate 2021 There is growing excitement among Connecticut’s business community about the prospects for a legal adult-use marijuana market. Entrepreneurs, growers, and investors are beginning to develop business plans and looking for more information on how to obtain a license. Though specific licensing criteria and application deadlines have not been established yet, the law provides some guidance to allow the business community to start planning now. LICENSE TYPES, REQUIREMENTS & FEES The law creates two groups of applicants, Social Equity Applicants…
Read More »Medical marijuana businesses plan for recreational market – News from southeastern Connecticut – theday.com
Recreational cannabis isn’t yet sold in Connecticut retail locations, but medical cannabis providers are already reckoning with how to adjust now that adult use of marijuana is legal. Thames Valley Relief in Montville, which recently rebranded to The Botanist, and Curaleaf Groton, are two local purveyors — owned by larger companies — of medical cannabis trying to determine how to adjust to the new recreational market. Recreational cannabis dispensaries won’t open until at least May 2022. Existing medical cannabis businesses have to pay a fee of anywhere between $1 million and $3 million to enter the recreational market, depending on whether…
Read More »Where’s the best public place to smoke weed in Danbury? Mayor’s marijuana brain trust to weigh in. – Danbury News Times
DANBURY — The way the law stands today, there’s nothing stopping an adult from smoking marijuana in public, so long as it’s not in a state park or a in spot where tobacco smoking is already banned. Danbury leaders say those days are numbered. But before leaders here can regulate personal cannabis use in public, the state’s new marijuana decriminalization law requires them to provide a designated public place where people can smoke pot in peace. If Danbury’s designated place is so far out of the way that one needs a car to get there, will people make the return…
Read More »Federal Agency Loosens Marijuana-Related Grant Funding Restrictions For Mental Health Treatment – Marijuana Moment
An influential U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday voted to advance funding legislation and attached report language that encourages the federal government to reconsider “arbitrary” THC restrictions on hemp and continue efforts to develop a regulatory pathway for CBD products. Those provisions, among others, were approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of legislation to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other federal agencies for Fiscal Year 2022. The legislation would also continue a rider that protects state hemp programs from federal interference and extend the terms of an earlier pilot program under which…
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