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It is no secret that security clearance applicants will run into trouble if they have used marijuana. With an increasing number of state and local governments legalizing or decriminalizing uses of marijuana, however, both applicants seeking a clearance and some adjudicative agencies have questioned whether marijuana use should remain a potentially disqualifying security concern. Since 1996, when California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana, 18 states plus Washington, D.C., Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands now allow marijuana for adult use and 36 states plus D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands…

The Thriving Youth Task Force in Darien will present a virtual program on “Vaping, Edibles and the ‘New’ Marijuana: What Every Parent Needs to Know,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, via Zoom. Local experts will discuss Connecticut’s new marijuana laws as well as marijuana’s effect on youth. The panel will include Darien Chief of Police Don Anderson; John Hamilton, president and CEO of Liberation Programs, an addiction treatment center; Susannah Lewis, director of community relations at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan. The program will provide parents with information about how marijuana impacts the brain of a teenager, according…

Despite the cannabis industry sell-off, now is not the time to get disheartened with marijuana stocks. The industry is just heating up and more states could legalize cannabis this year. Although prospects of federal legalization aren’t looking favorable now, most of the domestic companies are positioned to benefit investors long-term if and when legalization happens. Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis (OTC:TCNNF) is one such cannabis grower that has shown outstanding growth in the last couple of years, even with a limited legal market. The worst mistake Trulieve investors can make right now is to sell this stock due to the industry’s downtrend. Here are…

The towns of Stonington and North Stonington and the Borough of Stonington will soon be holding public hearings on a proposal to implement a six-month moratorium on zoning applications from people who want to open marijuana shops and cannabis-growing or production facilities. The moratoriums are designed to give their planning and zoning commissions time to develop regulations to oversee the new types of businesses. During a moratorium, a municipality will not accept or consider an application for a cannabis-related business.    The three municipalities are the closest in southeastern Connecticut to the state of Rhode Island, where recreational marijuana is not sold. Because of the anticipated demand from marijuana users in Rhode Island and Connecticut, there is likely to be interest in opening a…

Five minors were taken to a hospital last week after eating chocolate containing the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana and becoming ill. While this is just one incident, the situation brings up the question of how to keep cannabis edibles out of the hands of young people, a topic that should take high priority in this new era of legal recreational marijuana.     The Associated Press reported that a 13-year-old student at the Bishop Woods School in New Haven gave the edibles to four other students, ages 12 and 13. Some of the students vomited and some became lethargic, but…