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State health officials flagged a new, worrisome potential trend last month. Between July and October, first responders in Connecticut saved 39 people with the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone who, once revived, denied using any opioids. They said they’d only smoked marijuana. “Well, Narcan only works on one drug,” Glenn Arremony, a 30-year veteran with American Ambulance in Norwich, said, using the common brand name for naloxone. At least 10 of those cases were in Norwich and surrounding areas. In early October, police in Plymouth secured a sample of marijuana linked to a suspected incident. The state’s forensics lab confirmed it…

CHARLESTON — With retail stores opening and an in-state cultivation facility in operation, West Virginia’s medical marijuana industry is off and running. Trulieve has opened retail dispensaries in Morgantown and Weston. With the retail facilities open, years of development and planning to make medical marijuana in available in West Virginia become a reality. Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers spoke recently about the medical cannabis industry and the company’s operation in West Virginia. “We really see significant opportunities to engage with new patient communities, and we’re always looking for places where we can redefine what cannabis experiences can look like throughout a…

Dec 07, 2021, 11:37pmUpdated 50m ago By: News 12 Staff Connecticut green lit the state’s new retail marijuana industry on Tuesday. By late January, residents can apply to grow or sell cannabis in Connecticut. On Tuesday, the state Social Equity Council conditionally approved new rules. Applicants will have 90 days to get paperwork in, pending approval from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. The window was originally 60 days, but council members feared that’s not enough time. They also want new applicants to have more guidance. After the 90-day window, winners will be picked through a lottery. “There’s plenty of…

A top Rhode Island lawmaker on Thursday said that a bill to legalize marijuana in the Ocean State is nearly finalized, with just one major provision left to resolve following months of negotiations—and that he expects the issue to be resolved early in the new year. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi (D) told WPRI-TV that while legislators are “still not there” on a final product, he’s “happy to report that we’ve worked down to almost one issue that’s left, but it’s not there yet.” That issue relates to who should regulate the cannabis market—a new independent commission or the state Department…

A top Rhode Island lawmaker on Thursday said that a bill to legalize marijuana in the Ocean State is nearly finalized, with just one major provision left to resolve following months of negotiations—and that he expects the issue to be resolved early in the new year. House Speaker Joe Shekarchi (D) told WPRI-TV that while legislators are “still not there” on a final product, he’s “happy to report that we’ve worked down to almost one issue that’s left, but it’s not there yet.” That issue relates to who should regulate the cannabis market—a new independent commission or the state Department…

Dec 07, 2021, 11:37pmUpdated 50m ago By: News 12 Staff Connecticut green lit the state’s new retail marijuana industry on Tuesday. By late January, residents can apply to grow or sell cannabis in Connecticut. On Tuesday, the state Social Equity Council conditionally approved new rules. Applicants will have 90 days to get paperwork in, pending approval from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. The window was originally 60 days, but council members feared that’s not enough time. They also want new applicants to have more guidance. After the 90-day window, winners will be picked through a lottery. “There’s plenty of…