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PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary  – Consumers are shifting their preference from soft drinks to wellness drinks leading to the increasing sale of cannabis beverages. Low sugar content in drinks is the major driving factor for the growth of the market. Also, consumers prefer these beverages as an alternative to cannabis smoking and consumption of marijuana-infused chocolates, cookies, brownies, and confectionaries like gummies and candies. Off-trade sales channels such as hotels, cafes, restaurants, clubs, and lounges are expected to boost the popularity of the product among consumers. A report from Grand View Research said that…

NORWICH — With marijuana currently legal to consume for people 21 and older in Connecticut, and sales of recreational marijuana products to be allowed in 2022, many businesses owners want to know any potential impact to them. In Norwich Wednesday, the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut held their “Business Breakfast and Mini-Expo: The Business of Cannabis” event. Three people spoke, with Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle Seagull gave an overview about the state law, Suisman Shapiro Attorney Kyle Zrenda spoke about legal matters related to legalization, and Kurt Smith, business line manager for Fuss & O’Neil talked about…

Aubrey Gordon collects vintage diet books. She has amassed almost 100 titles, including the 1973 volume “Slimming Down,” written by Johnny Carson’s sidekick, Ed McMahon. “Slimming Down” — which featured chapter titles like “The Breadstick Conspiracy” and “Two Martinis Into Connecticut” — is the book that began Ms. Gordon’s collection. And while the idea of mixology as nutritional strategy might seem absurd to a reader today, Ms. Gordon said that so much of the current thinking about what is now known as wellness is just as “hilarious and wacky.” On the podcast “Maintenance Phase,” named after the concept of sustaining…

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MIDDLETOWN — Kristin Souza had thought about opening a store focused on CBD products for a while, but it wasn’t until she was laid off twice from her insurance job during the pandemic that she decided to take the plunge. At Sugar Leaf, 109 Court St., customers can purchase CBD products, learn about cannabis, purchase glass pipes and other gift shop items, such as soap and candles. Every product is related to cannabis and many are from women-owned or operated businesses and vendors. Sugar Leaf is a family venture — Souza’s husband, a glass blower, creates products for a display…

Did you lose your canoe or kayak during the summer storms or the remnants of Hurricane Ida that hit us last week? It seems several of you did, and two local Connecticut Fire Departments are sending out a plea to local residents in order to help you help them recover your lost canoe/kayaks. I saw a social media post that the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department shared yesterday, the original post is from the Bantam Fire Company. The post calls out for the attention of Connecticut Canoe/Kayak owners – The gist of the post is: After the remnants of Ida passed…

A board member and former chairman of the federal National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is sharply criticizing Congress for failing to reform marijuana laws, and he announced on Thursday that he will be taking steps to push lawmakers to enact policy changes to help financial institutions and stakeholders caught in the federal-state cannabis conundrum. NCUA’s Rodney Hood said at the PBC Conference that he’s “concerned that the legal and regulatory infrastructure surrounding the cannabis industry is not evolving quickly enough,” and congressional inaction is largely to blame. He also said that he feels legalization at the federal level is an…

Since 2016, Luis Vega has run North Haven-based hemp company Wepa! Farms, but now he’s looking to expand into Connecticut’s newly-legalized recreational cannabis market. Wepa! grows and sells hemp, and extracts legal cannabinoids like cannabidiol (CBD) for companies that make anything from CBD edibles to topical creams. Vega is currently looking in 10 different municipalities for a 100,000- to 250,000-square-foot space to expand the company’s operations, he said. If all goes according to plan, Wepa! — which has five full-time employees — will get licenses to grow and sell cannabis to the recreational market. “Ultimately we will enter the lottery…