Senate’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Aims To Let Researchers Study Marijuana From Dispensaries – Marijuana Moment
An influential U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday voted to advance funding legislation and attached report language that encourages the federal government to reconsider “arbitrary” THC restrictions on hemp and continue efforts to develop a regulatory pathway for CBD products. Those provisions, among others, were approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of legislation to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other federal agencies for Fiscal Year 2022. The legislation would also continue a rider that protects state hemp programs from federal interference and extend the terms of an earlier pilot program under which…
Read More »Help Connecticut Farmers: Buy Local, It’s National Farmer’s Market Week – i95rock.com
Recently, news broke that the National spotlight on the American farm and its farmers is going to be squarely focused on Connecticut September 25, 2021. That’s when Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Margo Price, and an army of supporting artists are rolling into the Xfinity Theater in Hartford for Farm Aid 2021. Willie, John, and Neil formed Farm Aid in 1985 to raise awareness of the loss of American family farms, and to raise funds to keep these families on their land. Farm Aid has raised over $60 million dollars since. This is the second time that…
Read More »12 Coffeeshops With the Best Weed in Amsterdam
Greetings from Amsterdam, home of the world-famous coffeeshop scene! Though the last decade has been marked by tremendous international progress for cannabis legalization, there is still no city quite like ours when it comes to embracing the plant and its culture. There are currently 169 coffeeshops licensed to sell cannabis in Amsterdam. Most have ample lounges where you can pull up a chair, roll a joint and share a smoke with friends… or make some new ones. Of course, not all coffeeshops have the same quality of cannabis, and it takes an understanding of the local scene to figure out how…
Read More »Acreage Announces Rebranding of Connecticut Dispensaries to The Botanist – Cannabis Dispensary
A pair of Ohio lawmakers officially put their plans into action July 30 by formally filing adult-use cannabis legislation in the state’s House—the first of its kind in the state. Democratic Reps. Casey Weinstein and Terrence Upchurch, both representing Northeast Ohio districts, first introduced their 180-page bill two weeks ago, which includes four major components: decriminalization, a cannabis excise tax, commerce and licensing, and medical cannabis. More specifically, the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control program would remain intact, and licensed operators could pursue additional licenses to enter the adult-use market. According to a memo Weinstein and Upchurch sent to fellow House…
Read More »Lawmakers Want to Impose THC Limits
Signed into law in March, cannabis legalization is still very new in New York State. Possession is legal, but dispensaries may not open until summer of 2022. Before that can happen, state Rep. Mike Lawler, an upstate Republican, wants to create exceptions to legalization and restrict what products are available. Claiming that “[f]requent consumption of high-potency cannabis can result in serious health conditions, including neurotoxicity and substance use disorders,” in June, Lawler introduced a bill that, if passed, would ban cannabis flower with more than 15 percent THC. It would also ban edibles and concentrates with more than 60 percent…
Read More »How legalizing recreational marijuana will affect past convictions in CT Thousands of Connecticut residents with low – CT Insider
Four years ago, Luis Vega was arrested with marijuana. “They pulled 28 full plants out of my little makeshift grow in my basement,” he said. Vega said those marijuana plants were for his own personal, medical use. Vega, originally from the Bronx, N.Y., but is now a New Haven resident, suffers from Crohn’s disease, he said. “I was operated on, I had lost my large intestine when I was 13 years old, I had an ostomy bag,” he said, though he also admits that growing marijuana, even for personal, medical use was illegal. Vega is one of many Connecticut residents…
Read More »How legalizing recreational marijuana will affect past convictions in CT – Middletown Press
Four years ago, Luis Vega was arrested with marijuana. “They pulled 28 full plants out of my little makeshift grow in my basement,” he said. Vega said those marijuana plants were for his own personal, medical use. Vega, originally from the Bronx, N.Y., but is now a New Haven resident, suffers from Crohn’s disease, he said. “I was operated on, I had lost my large intestine when I was 13 years old, I had an ostomy bag,” he said, though he also admits that growing marijuana, even for personal, medical use was illegal. Vega is one of many Connecticut residents…
Read More »How legalizing recreational marijuana will affect past convictions in CT – Middletown Press – CT Insider
Four years ago, Luis Vega was arrested with marijuana. “They pulled 28 full plants out of my little makeshift grow in my basement,” he said. Vega said those marijuana plants were for his own personal, medical use. Vega, originally from the Bronx, N.Y., but is now a New Haven resident, suffers from Crohn’s disease, he said. “I was operated on, I had lost my large intestine when I was 13 years old, I had an ostomy bag,” he said, though he also admits that growing marijuana, even for personal, medical use was illegal. Vega is one of many Connecticut residents…
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