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By Sam Reisman (December 10, 2021, 8:18 PM EST) — With both chambers of Congress and the White House under Democratic control, legalization advocates entered 2021 with optimism that the year would bring some concrete changes to federal cannabis policy. While there were multiple new proposals on Capitol Hill for what legalization might look like, the year still closed out without even a modest incremental reform reaching the president’s desk. If federal cannabis reform efforts stalled out in Washington, the same could not be said of the states, where lawmakers enacted more than 50 new laws in more than 25…

MANCHESTER — The Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday will hold a public hearing and discussion on a proposal to amend zoning regulations to allow the sale and cultivation of recreational marijuana in certain business zones in town. The public hearing begins at 7 p.m. in-person at Lincoln Center and virtually. If approved, the regulations could potentially open the door for marijuana establishments to fill some big box vacancies, and would add Manchester to the short list of north-central Connecticut towns willing to allow the sale and cultivation of marijuana within their borders. “I think there is going to be…

The story was alarming and spread quickly: Two Springfield high school students had been admitted to the emergency department having smoked marijuana laced with fentanyl. “It took 8 hits of Narcan to revive one of the unconscious youth,” the story, claiming to be from “The Baystate Emergency Room” stated. The teens claimed the fentanyl-laced marijuana had come from a cannabis dispensary, one version of the message stated. The story, passed up to the Hampden District Attorney’s office and then forwarded to various community partners this week, was rapidly spread via email and social media through area school and police departments…