Here’s what employers need to know about CT’s new recreational marijuana law – Hartford Business Journal
For years, many Connecticut employers saw full cannabis legalization as an inevitability, but questions surrounding the issue and how it would affect workplace policies were still theoretical. On July 1, it became legal for adults in Connecticut to possess and use marijuana, but the nearly 300-page recreational cannabis law includes numerous restrictions on what actions employers can take against employees for using the drug at and/or outside of work. Legal experts say the new law provides significant safeguards for employers, especially those who want to limit the use of the drug among their staff even outside the workplace. Sarah Skubas…
Read More »Here’s what employers need to know about CT’s new recreational marijuana law – Hartford Business
For years, many Connecticut employers saw full cannabis legalization as an inevitability, but questions surrounding the issue and how it would affect workplace policies were still theoretical. On July 1, it became legal for adults in Connecticut to possess and use marijuana, but the nearly 300-page recreational cannabis law includes numerous restrictions on what actions employers can take against employees for using the drug at and/or outside of work. Legal experts say the new law provides significant safeguards for employers, especially those who want to limit the use of the drug among their staff even outside the workplace. Sarah Skubas…
Read More »What Is Delta-8 THC? – Is Delta-8 THC Legal? – GoodHousekeeping.com
Delta-8 THC, a trendy new cannabinoid being touted as “marijuana lite,” has managed to squeeze through a legal loophole and onto the shelves of CBD shops, head shops and convenience stores across the country. “Many people are interested in Delta-8 THC because it sounds like it has a lot of health benefits, it’s stronger than CBD, it’s relatively cheap, you don’t have to go to a dispensary to get it and it does give you a little bit of a high — though it’s weaker and usually shorter-acting than marijuana,” explains Michele Ross, PhD, a neuroscientist who studies the medical…
Read More »Legalization Of Marijuana Has Law Enforcement On Edge – Patch.com
July 12, 2021 The legalization of marijuana in Connecticut – which took effect last week – has some area police concerned it could lead to an uptick in DUI offenses. “Do we expect more people to be smoking and driving? Probably,” Bristol police Dep. Chief Richard Guerrera said. “How much (cannabis use) is considered under the influence?” We don’t know yet. I don’t know what the threshold is.” Currently, there is no unit of measurement easily available that police can use to determine how “high” a motorist is, according to police. An officer who suspects a driver is under the…
Read More »Enfield explores banning pot sales in town following legalization – Journal Inquirer
ENFIELD — The Town Council is taking steps to possibly prohibit cannabis establishments from opening in town in the wake of the state recently legalizing recreational marijuana. Possession and use of small amounts of marijuana for people age 21 and over became legal in the state on July 1, with Connecticut becoming the 19th state to legalize the drug. Retail sales of marijuana in the state are expected to happen sometime in 2022. The new legislation, however, includes an option for towns to prohibit cannabis establishments by ordinance, and the council is exploring that course of action. The first step…
Read More »The Hemp Boom is Over What Now – The Pew Charitable Trusts
Editor’s note: This story was updated to clarify Hemp Benchmarks’ data on acres licensed for hemp cultivation. When Matt Cyrus grew about 30 acres of hemp on his central Oregon hay and cattle farm four years ago, the cannabis plants—rich in cannabidiol, or CBD, a trendy wellness product—sold for about $40 a pound. That earned him a tidy profit. He planted 90 acres in 2019, hoping to make even more money. Thousands of conventional farmers, marijuana growers and rookie entrepreneurs likewise rushed to plant hemp that year, eager to cash in on a newly legal crop. But rather than making…
Read More »Recreational Cannabis is Legal in Connecticut: What to Know About Getting into the Business – JD Supra
On July 1, 2021 Connecticut became the nineteenth state to legalize the possession and use of cannabis for recreational purposes. Upon conversion of the existing licenses held by medical marijuana growers within the next few months, and conversion of medical marijuana dispensaries this fall, the manufacture, sale and distribution of cannabis for adult recreational purposes will also be legal. Leaders of the Connecticut Legislature and Governor Lamont have touted Connecticut’s new law as the most comprehensive and socially progressive law in the nation because of how it provides for the erasure of criminal convictions for past possession and use, the…
Read More »Eastern to launch hemp cultivation program in fall 2021 – Journal Inquirer
WILLIMANTIC, CT — Beginning this fall semester, Eastern Connecticut State University will offer one of Connecticut’s first hemp cultivation minors with an eye toward expansion as an interdisciplinary major in the future. The announcement follows recent state legislation making Connecticut the 19th state to legalize recreational marijuana. Licensed in the State of Connecticut as an official hemp producer with the Department of Agriculture, Eastern can now host classes in how to cultivate hemp from seed to harvest. Leading the program at Eastern is plant biologist Bryan Connolly, who hopes the program will attract new students to the study of plant…
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