Fine Fettle Wants To Sell Recreation Pot At Willimantic Location – Patch.com
September 7, 2021 With town approval, Fine Fettle is now seeking approval from the state to sell recreational marijuana at its Thread City business. The business opened in 2019 at 1548 Main St. in Willimantic and it is currently licensed to sell medical marijuana, but Fine Fettle is seeking a hybrid retailer license. Under a new law that went into effect July 1, those ages 21 and older are legally allowed to buy, possess and consume recreational marijuana in the state of Connecticut. Windham Director of Development Matthew Vertefeuille said he approved the application to expand Fine Fettle’s current use…
Read More »The Rise of Dark Stores in Cannabis
Why some entrepreneurs are choosing to use non-retail storefronts. Free Book Preview Cannabis Capital Learn how to get your business funded in the Cannabis economy! September 7, 2021 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Choice and convenience are two immutable drivers of consumer behavior. Customer-centric brands like Amazon, Uber, and Airbnb have trained consumers to expect this. But the cannabis industry is still falling short on this count. Why? Many states require cannabis operators to be vertical from cultivation to the retail dispensary. The result of this dispensary-centric model is that 70 to 90 percent…
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Federal Courts In Two US Territories Hosting Event On Marijuana Legalization’s Tourism Impact – Marijuana Moment
A board member and former chairman of the federal National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is sharply criticizing Congress for failing to reform marijuana laws, and he announced on Thursday that he will be taking steps to push lawmakers to enact policy changes to help financial institutions and stakeholders caught in the federal-state cannabis conundrum. NCUA’s Rodney Hood said at the PBC Conference that he’s “concerned that the legal and regulatory infrastructure surrounding the cannabis industry is not evolving quickly enough,” and congressional inaction is largely to blame. He also said that he feels legalization at the federal level is an…
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May be time to start shooting bears and helping landlords – theday.com
When state legislators next put a survey in their “constituent service” mailings, it should include the question: How many bears will you accept in your neighborhood before Connecticut authorizes bear hunting? Of course, most people don’t want any bears nearby. But then they don’t like the idea of shooting them either, even as bear sightings have increased sharply in the state in recent years, along with home break-ins by bears, bear damage to crops and livestock, and highway crashes caused by bears. The logic of Connecticut’s laissez-bear policy is that eventually every town in the state will have at least a few…
Read More »In-state and out-of-state companies, big and small, are preparing to enter CT’s recreational marijuana industry – Hartford Business
Since 2016, Luis Vega has run North Haven-based hemp company Wepa! Farms, but now he’s looking to expand into Connecticut’s newly-legalized recreational cannabis market. Wepa! grows and sells hemp, and extracts legal cannabinoids like cannabidiol (CBD) for companies that make anything from CBD edibles to topical creams. Vega is currently looking in 10 different municipalities for a 100,000- to 250,000-square-foot space to expand the company’s operations, he said. If all goes according to plan, Wepa! — which has five full-time employees — will get licenses to grow and sell cannabis to the recreational market. “Ultimately we will enter the lottery…
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People Couldn’t Be Denied Marijuana Licenses Based On ‘Moral Character’ Or Cannabis Convictions Under New Michigan Bill – Marijuana Moment
An Oregon state panel charged with advising on the implementation of a legal psilocybin therapy program has cleared a team of researchers to produce a comprehensive report on the science, history and culture of the psychedelic as regulators prepare to license facilities to administer it. Members of the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board released an initial report in July that reviewed hundreds of studies into psilocybin, as required under the state’s historic, voter-approved 2020 medical legalization initiative. But they were pressed for time and will now be working with a recently established psychedelic research center at Harvard Law School to more…
Read More »Panama Approves Medical Marijuana Law — Is Costa Rica Next?
Swayed by advocates’ slogan of “For a day without pain,” the National Assembly of Panama voted on Aug. 30 to legalize medical marijuana. The bill now awaits the signature of President Laurentino Cortizo of the center-left Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), which is expected shortly—despite a pressure campaign from the conservative political opposition. Tight Control —But Conservatives Not Appeased Medical marijuana measures have been pending in Panama’s unicameral National Assembly since in 2017. Fundación LUCES Panama, an advocacy organization for epilepsy sufferers, testified before the body in support of the right of patients to access cannabis. Also critical was the testimony of Dr. Sandra…
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Ridgefield weighs the pros and cons of cannabis retailing – Westfair Online
Ridgefield’s Economic & Community Development Commission invited established cannabis retailers and policy makers from Massachusetts and California to a special online meeting Aug. 30 to hear the benefits and challenges that could arise if the town gave its approval for the opening of marijuana retail stores. And what did they learn? Setting up cannabis retail comes with a lot of variables. Sanders Meg Sanders, CEO of Canna Provisions, a cannabis retailer in Massachusetts, cautioned the commission that making money in this sector of the retail industry was heavy with obstacles created by the regulatory oversight in place. She observed that…
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