Legalization of Marijuana in Connecticut: What does the new law mean for the state? – AS English
On 18 June, the Connecticut legislature legalized recreational cannabis use for residents twenty-one and older. The bill changes state law to allow the government to tax and regulate the commercialization of cannabis products. After the signing, Governor Ned Lamont said that the law is a first step at correcting the injustices and disparities of the War on Drugs. Gov. Lamont hopes that the new law will “eliminate the dangerous, unregulated market and support a new and equitable sector of our economy that will create jobs.” While opponents argue that this could make the public less safe, Gov. Lamont highlighted the…
Read More »Connecticut bans unlicensed sales of hemp-derived THC products – Hemp Industry Daily
When Connecticut approved the legalization of adult-use marijuana last month, it became the latest state to institute a ban on hemp-derived THC products, including delta-8 THC and delta-10 THC, for companies without a license to sell them. The state’s new law prohibits products containing delta-7, delta-8, delta-9 and delta-10 from being sold outside licensed cannabis retailers or medical marijuana dispensaries. The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) warned businesses after enactment of the law that established an adult-use marijuana marketplace and made changes to existing cannabis regulations that, beginning July 1, they may no longer offer or sell products made…
Read More »Nevada Sports Regulators Ditch Marijuana Penalties For Fighters, Days After Richardson’s Olympics Suspension – Marijuana Moment
Neil deGrasse Tyson has a lot of questions about psychedelic mushrooms—including whether non-human animals willingly partake in the experience and whether eating enough cicadas infected by hallucinogenic fungi would create a psychoactive effect. The astrophysicist had a wide-ranging conversation on mushrooms and psychedelics during an episode of his podcast StarTalk that was posted last week. Merlin Sheldrake, a biologist who specializes in fungi, joined the discussion and fielded a number of trippy questions from Tyson and viewers. “Do you think mushrooms would have been a part of early animal diets?” Tyson asked Sheldrake. “Yeah, for sure,” he said. “I mean,…
Read More »Feds say cannabis industry “will continue to grow” (Newsletter: July 7, 2021) – Marijuana Moment
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Read More »CBD for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: What You Should Know – WebMD
SOURCES: National Psoriasis Foundation: “CBD for Psoriasis and PsA.” FDA: “What You Need to Know (And What We’re Working to Find Out) About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-derived Compounds, Including CBD,” “FDA warns 15 companies for illegally selling various products containing cannabidiol as agency details safety concerns,” “FDA Warns Companies Illegally Selling Over-the-Counter CBD Products for Pain Relief.” Karger Journals: “Efficacy and Tolerability of a Shampoo Containing Broad-Spectrum Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Scalp Inflammation in Patients with Mild to Moderate Scalp Psoriasis or Seborrheic Dermatitis.” La Clinica Therapeutica: “Anandamide Suppresses Proinflammatory T Cell Responses In Vitro through Type-1 Cannabinoid…
Read More »Newtown prohibited the legal weed trade the same day it was decriminalized in CT. Here’s why. – Danbury News Times
NEWTOWN — Leaders here were concerned enough about the unintended consequences of Connecticut’s legal marijuana trade that they saw no downside to being first in the Danbury area to prohibit cannabis establishments. At the suggestion of First Selectman Dan Rosenthal, who said, “the prudent approach is to prohibit cannabis establishments until we better understand the dynamics of the new law,” the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on July 1, the same night that Connecticut decriminalized marijuana. After hearing testimony from a state senator, a union leader, the town’s health director, the head of a substance abuse prevention…
Read More »Connecticut’s Employers Navigate State and Federal Laws for Marijuana Use – CT Examiner
Connecticut employers concerned about the use of legal marijuana on the job are faced with a dilemma given the limits of current drug testing technology and federal requirements, employment lawyers say. “It’s not like a test for alcohol where you can immediately figure out someone’s current level of THC,” said John Blair, associate counsel with the Connecticut Business Industry Association. “I don’t think a test like that exists.” Patrick McHale, an employment lawyer in Hartford, said the lack of a test that allows employers to determine whether a worker is under the influence of marijuana at the moment of testing…
Read More »CT grower hopes to be the ‘Sally’s pizza’ of marijuana – CT Insider
Becky Goetsch grows marijuana. She has about 800 plants spread out in a pair of greenhouses. She’s hoping to grow more. Inside the Killingworth garden store owned by Goetsch and her partner are huge plastic bins filled with dried cannabis buds ready to be rolled into joints and smoked. Her plants are not psychoactive, though. They won’t get you high. Her plants are not laden with THC, the psychoactive compound, but CBD, which has been legal to grow and sell for years. “I think Connecticut grows some of the best hemp in the country,” Goetsch said. When asked what makes…
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