Say hello to the Black CannaConference & Expo: the B2B event for Black cannabis
Say hello to the Black CannaConference & Expo: the B2B event for Black cannabis – Leafly Link copied to your clipboard Leafly Leafly ® Loading… Where are you from? noyes Remember me for 30 days. I confirm that this is not a shared device. Darn! You’re not old enough to use Leafly. Redirecting you to By accessing this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The second annual Black CannaConference & Expo is coming up on November 18-20 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It’s the only B2B conference specifically for Black people in the cannabis industry and will…
Read More »Tips for Traveling With Marijuana This Thanksgiving
Perhaps we’ve just been super stoned for the past year, but is anyone else out there perplexed about how it is nearly Thanksgiving again? It’s almost as though the last several months have been nothing more than a THC-induced dream that we fell into during a previous holiday gathering and we’re just now coming out of that catatonic state for a second slice of pumpkin pie. Geez, the weed these cannabis farmers are producing today must be stronger than the stuff we used to get down on 20 years ago. Back then, we never go so stoned as to miss an…
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Nursing Home Covid Outbreak Kills 8 In Connecticut – Kaiser Health News
89 residents and staff in the Geer Village Senior Community have tested positive in the last seven weeks. Meanwhile, food workers in South Dakota and Amazon in California settle disputes over covid outbreaks, prevention and notification. CNN: Connecticut Nursing Home: 8 Deaths Reported After Recent Covid-19 Outbreak At Geer Village Senior Community In North Canaan Eight residents of a nursing home in northwestern Connecticut have died since late September following a Covid-19 outbreak, the nursing home said in a statement. A total of 89 residents and staff — many of whom were fully vaccinated — have tested positive for Covid-19…
Read More »License to thrive – BOSS Magazine
View This Article in BOSS Magazine From governmental agencies to driver’s licenses, the State of Connecticut is going digital. The state’s first official CISO offers a glimpse of the transformation In March of this year, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont introduced a yearlong initiative to create a new information technology organization within the state’s government. Centralization is the cornerstone of the effort, which, in addition to inculcating cybersecurity best practices across all state agencies, will give them the comprehensive support they need to be more secure. Prior to the move, each state agency adopted their own IT solutions, an approach taken…
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Connecticut taps BioTrack for marijuana seed-to-sale tracking system – Marijuana Business Daily
Connecticut regulators selected BioTrack to provide a marijuana seed-to-sale system to monitor inventory and keep tabs on business transactions in the state’s medical cannabis market and upcoming adult-use program. According to a news release, Newtown, Pennsylvania-based Forian, which produces BioTrack, was selected by the state’s Department of Consumer Protection Drug Control Division to provide an inventory of cannabis products and to prevent diversion. Advertisement All licensed medical and recreational medical companies in Connecticut will be required to log cannabis into BioTrack as it’s cultivated, processed, packaged, tested and sold. The system will also help with recall efforts if products are deemed…
Read More »GOP cannabis bill officially filed in Congress (Newsletter: November 16, 2021) – Marijuana Moment
CBD bill in Congress; MO rep wants legal marijuana on ballot; Local OH decrim measure gets signatures Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… They say a journalist is a machine that converts coffee into copy. But where do you think the coffee comes from? Readers like you!Signing up for a $25/month subscription will help keep us digging, interviewing and reporting on all the cannabis news that’s fit to print. And in return, you’ll…
Read More »COVID Outbreak at Connecticut Nursing Home Kills 8, Infects Dozens – The Daily Beast
Eight people have died after a coronavirus outbreak at a Connecticut nursing home that began early in October, according to the state’s Department of Public Health. Nearly 100 more residents and staff have tested positive for the virus at the Geer Village Senior Community, a spokesperson said. The nursing home and rehabilitation center, which houses 70 seniors, has racked up 67 resident and 22 employee infections in the last month and a half. A nursing home official said that 48 residents and 21 staff have recovered so far. Of 89 total cases, they added, 87 people were fully vaccinated. All…
Read More »Forum to be held in Norwich Friday on recreational cannabis business ventures – theday.com
Norwich — Residents and entrepreneurs interested in growing cannabis or manufacturing cannabis products can hear from experts in the industry and the new state law on Friday evening at Foundry 66 in downtown Norwich. Norwich Community Development Corp. will host “Cannabis Conversations: Starting Your Business in Norwich” from 4 to 6 p.m. at Foundry 66 at 66 Franklin St. Registration is required for the free program. Register here. Call (860) 887-6964 or go to www.askncdc.com. About 60 people have registered as of Monday. NCDC President Kevin Brown said agency staff attended cannabis forums in the state and wanted to educate local parties before the state issues licensing regulations and applications….
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