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….
Read More »Here’s what’s in the new Republican marijuana legalization bill
Here’s what’s in the new Republican marijuana legalization bill – 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. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) earlier today unveiled the States Reform Act, a measure that would remove marijuana from the federal schedule of controlled substances and let each state regulate the substance as its leaders see fit. Rep….
Read More »3 Years Of Legal Marijuana in Canada: Pros, Cons & What The US Can Learn
So much has happened in the three years and a month since Oct. 17, 2018 that you could be forgiven for forgetting the biggest news of that day: the first day of marijuana legalization in Canada. America’s slightly more affable and polite neighbor to the north was the second country in the world after Uruguay to allow adults to possess, use, grow, and purchase cannabis — but the first to encourage what could be called “an industry,” welcoming international investors onto to Canadian Stock Exchange, and allowing the construction of titanic greenhouses big enough to get everybody on the continent…
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Enlite Cannabis, pioneer of minority-owned dispensaries in Western Massachusetts, opening in Northampton Tues – MassLive.com
Enlite Cannabis, which calls itself the “first minority-owned cannabis dispensary applicant from Western Massachusetts,” will open Tuesday in Northampton. The Cannabis Control Commission’s Social Equity Program provides training and assistance to those most affected by harsh drug enforcement. When Enlite opens Tuesday on Damon Road, near where the Calvin Coolidge Bridge spans the Connecticut River between Northampton and Hadley, it will do so as the first dispensary in the western part of the state to apply for certification via this program. Enlite is also owned locally by the Yee, Picknelly and Cutting families, it said in statement. On Nov. 27,…
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Connecticut set to launch recreational marijuana market before New York – Marijuana Business Daily
Connecticut’s projected $750 million recreational marijuana market is unlikely to match the size of neighboring New York’s, but it’s poised to launch first and might turn out to have as strong – if not stronger – of a social equity program, industry experts agreed. State regulators said recently they are aiming for a relatively full launch by year-end 2022, while New York’s projected $2 billion-plus market likely is slipping into the spring of 2023. Advertisement The MJBizFactbook projects that Connecticut’s adult-use sales could total as much as $250 million in the first full year and up to $750 million by…
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