Face of the Farmer: John Casali, Huckleberry Hill Farms
In the mid 1970s, by the time John Casali was five years old, his mother, Marlene Farrell, had relocated them from his birthplace of San Francisco to a farm in Southern Humboldt County. Starting in 1967, more than 100,000 people gathered in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and Haight-Ashbury district, where mostly young people identifying as hippies engaged in drugs, free love and anti-war activism. Deemed “The Summer of Love,” the social phenomenon offered the world a window into America’s growing counterculture. When the festivities ended in 1969, many traveled north to live off the land. Dubbed “Back to the Landers,” they settled mainly in…
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Keeping residents safe is the priority of Madison’s new Marijuana Advisory committee – New Haven Register
MADISON — The health and safety of residents is the number one priority of the newly-formed Ad Hoc Marijuana Advisory Committee, according to Chairman Bruce Wilson. “We want everybody in our community to be safe,” Wilson said after the committee’s first public hearing, March 15. With that in mind, Wilson, hopes for more input from the public and town agencies. “We want everybody in our community to be informed,” he added. Wilson represents the Board of Selectman on the committee. The selectman joins six other board and commission members, three residents and six town staff liaisons, including representation from Madison…
Read More »Marijuana Legalization: Is Weed Legal in My State? – CNET
Medical marijuana is legal in 37 states but still prohibited by federal statute. Olena Ruban Though marijuana is legal for medicinal purposes in 37 states and Washington, DC — and recreationally in 18 — the use, possession or sale of cannabis remains prohibited by federal statute. That’s created a significant disconnect that an increasing number of lawmakers are eager to reconcile: In a letter last month, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Senate Finance Committee Chair Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Cory Booker invited their colleagues to help draft legislation that would end the federal ban and lift state-sanctioned dispensaries out of…
Read More »How to get a cannabis license in Connecticut – Westfair Online
Photo courtesy of Pixabay. Connecticut legalized recreational cannabis last summer, with sales expected to begin in mid-to-late 2022. The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection released its first set of cannabis license applications last month using its online platform, eLicense. This is the initial step in the state lottery for people who are interested in acquiring a license to operate a recreational, adult-use retail facility and other types of cannabis businesses. Applying for a cannabis license in Connecticut is fairly straightforward, but actually getting that license is a long shot. It’s called a lottery for a reason. There are different aspects…
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Connecticut lobbyists back at Capitol after two years to influence legislation – Hartford Courant
A state Capitol Police Officer holds a red velvet rope for Joan Cavanagh in the area where lobbyists are permitted to gather to influence legislation. While not a paid lobbyist, Cavanagh was asked to move inside the velvet rope where she could pass out literature urging a no vote on an assisted suicide bill – one of the most controversial measures at the Capitol. She is followed by Sean Hughes, son of the legendary lobbyist Carroll Hughes, who died in November after nearly 50 years at the Capitol. (Mark Mirko/The Hartford Courant)
Read More »Served at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Kensington Palace, Harney & Sons tea has Connecticut roots – CTPost
A tea fit for British royalty has family roots in western Connecticut. Founded by innkeeper John Harney at his Salisbury home in 1983, Harney & Sons Fine Teas remains family owned, and since 1998, has operated out of a plant in the Hudson Valley village of Millerton, N.Y., a few miles across the state border from Salisbury. The New York Times once credited Harney, who died in 2014 at the age of 83, with helping to spark an upper-crust tea revival in U.S. hotels in the 1980s. Harney & Sons tea is now served at places like the United Kingdom’s…
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Letter: Bad decisions – New Haven Register
March 19, 2022 Every politician who has voted to legalize marijuana (pot) does not deserve praise or respect. AAA wrote years ago that every state which legalized pot saw an increase in auto accidents. Your rules will not keep it out of younger people’s bodies and it does affect older users. It is a drug. Since Connecticut needed more money, income and health benefits to politicians should be lowered. When good politicians wanted to cut down bear populations, another man changed the law to help wild animals in Africa or someplace. Bears have entered a home in my neighborhood and…
Read More »NCAA Revises Cannabis Rules for College Athletes
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recently announced a change in its cannabis rules for college athletes that includes increasing the THC threshold for drug screening tests. At the meeting of the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) held on February 22 and 23, the NCAA’s standards for student athlete cannabinoid testing were aligned with those of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Under the new policy, the THC threshold has been increased from 35 to 150 nanograms per milliliter. The new level to trigger a failed drug test is effective immediately and is applicable to drug…
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