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The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday passed bills to put marijuana legalization on the state’s 2022 ballot and set initial rules if voters approve the reform in November. The chamber had debated the proposals, rejected several GOP-led amendments and advanced them to third reading on Wednesday. Now lawmakers have given final passage to the referendum and implementation measures—in votes of 96-34 and 92-37, respectfully—sending them to the Senate. “We are at the beginning of an important process where we begin to look again at how we have treated this substance, cannabis,” Del. Luke Clippinger (D), sponsor of both bills,…

CONNECTICUT — Thomas Hooker, prominent Puritan minister and leader of the colonists who founded Connecticut, would be proud. A new report names the Nutmeg State among the least sinful in the country. What does that even mean? Personal finance site WalletHub compared the 50 states across seven key categories, based on the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional seven deadly bad boys: “Anger & Hatred,” “Jealousy,” “Greed,” “Lust,” “Vanity,””Laziness” and “Excesses & Vices.” That last catch-all category includes fast food joints per capita, marijuana use, coffee drinking, debt-to-income ratio and the number of opioid prescriptions dispensed. Connecticut ranked 40th overall in sinfulness,…

Two local workforce organizations in Connecticut released plans Thursday to help black and under-represented communities understand the state’s recreational marijuana industry. The WorkForce and the Alliance for Cannabis Equity said its Cannabis Manifesto will help train businesses owners and workers for the field. Joseph Carbone, president and CEO of the Bridgeport-based The WorkPlace, said he sees the manifesto as a way of boosting job growth in the cannabis industry. “I want them to have the courage to take a look at it and to believe in themselves because the system will help them – be it employment or investment, the…

Feb 24, 2022, 10:22pmUpdated 2h ago By: News 12 Staff A new medical marijuana dispensary opened in Stamford this week as the state prepares to roll out licenses for recreational sales. Fine Fettle Dispensary opened its third Connecticut location on Research Drive in Stamford. Pharmacy manager Yatish Parmar says products are available only to registered patients with a card for one of the state’s approved conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain. Recreational use for adults will open up for retailers later this year or next year. The latest rolling lottery for hybrid cannabis licenses began Thursday. Medical…

.page-container .pagenation ul li {list-style:none;} .page-container .pagenation ul {display:block; clear:both; float:left;} Image via Freedom Leaf According to American for Safe Access, 2021 was not a great year for medical marijuana. The organization’s 2021 State of the States Report analyzes medical-cannabis access in the U.S. No state scores an “A” and only two states (Maine and Illinois) receive “B” marks. From 2020 to 2021, just four states (Connecticut, Delaware, Louisana and Missouri) had improved grades. Every other state’s grade declined.  In the introduction, ASA explains: “While we can acknowledge that we have come a long way since the first medical cannabis…

The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday passed bills to put marijuana legalization on the state’s 2022 ballot and set initial rules if voters approve the reform in November. The chamber had debated the proposals, rejected several GOP-led amendments and advanced them to third reading on Wednesday. Now lawmakers have given final passage to the referendum and implementation measures—in votes of 96-34 and 92-37, respectfully—sending them to the Senate. “We are at the beginning of an important process where we begin to look again at how we have treated this substance, cannabis,” Del. Luke Clippinger (D), sponsor of both bills,…