How greater Bridgeport, the Naugatuck Valley are handling marijuana legalization – CTPost
Questions abound on how to handle the legalization of marijuana in Connecticut on a local level. While officials in the greater Bridgeport area and the Naugatuck Valley are still poring over the lengthy bill, some are already drawing direct links between marijuana smoking and cigarette smoking. Others have yet to figure out what regulations make sense for their community, but worry about the impact on policing and low-income neighborhoods. While municipalities will be allowed to limit the use of marijuana in public, those with populations over 50,000 — including Bridgeport, Stratford, Fairfield and Milford — must at least designate public…
Read More »Thomaston approves moratorium on marijuana businesses, Waterbury looks to follow – WFSB
WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) — As Connecticut navigates the legalization of recreational marijuana, some towns and cities are asking for more time. Moratoriums have been passed, or are in the works, banning businesses from setting up shop. As Connecticut navigates the legalization of recreational marijuana, some towns and cities are asking for more time. For Waterbury, they want to take the time to see how other cities handle implementation. “Not only in Connecticut, but other cities and towns in states that have already legalized marijuana, particularly in New England, and see what the impacts are on those cities and towns on…
Read More »Up Next New Marijuana Laws Take Effect In Connecticut, South Dakota And Virginia – Marijuana Moment
Massachusetts lawmakers on Tuesday heard testimony about a bill to create a task force charged with studying the implications of legalizing psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca. The legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee met to discuss legislation from Rep. Mike Connolly (D). While members didn’t vote on the proposal, the sponsor was able to make the case for the reform, noting the emerging research that suggests entheogenic substances hold significant therapeutic potential for certain mental health conditions. He also pointed to the local reform movement that’s led three Massachusetts cities to decriminalize psychedelics so far, saying it represents “another reason why it…
Read More »Nearly 100 new laws take effect in Connecticut on July 1. Here’s a look at some of them, from legal marijuana to school curriculum – Hartford Courant
Gov. Ned Lamont is shown signing a landmark law on sports betting and online gambling legislation in his office at the state Capitol. The legislation takes effect July 1, but sports betting is not expected to start until the first National Football League game on Sept. 9. The Norman Rockwell painting behind the governor is an original that belongs to Lamont. (Office of Gov. Ned Lamont)
Read More »Connecticut Tackles Hemp Derived THC Alternatives – HempGazette
Loopholes have been closed in Connecticut that previously enabled delta-8 and other THC variant products derived from hemp to be sold outside of appropriately licensed premises. Senate Bill 1201 was signed into law June 22 and stipulates that from July 1, 2021 businesses may no longer offer or sell products made using hemp or hemp-derived products with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration exceeding 0.3 percent on dry weight basis. This isn’t just about delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, but also include delta-7, delta-8, and delta-10 – unless the business is a licensed cannabis retailer or medical marijuana dispensary. License applications are not yet available for…
Read More »Cannabis in Connecticut – CT Insider
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Read More »Immigrant And Veteran Marijuana Protections, Along With Hemp And CBD Measures, Advance In Congress – Marijuana Moment
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a package of spending legislation that contains measures to provide protections for banks that work with state-legal cannabis businesses and allow the legalization of marijuana sales in Washington, D.C., among many other drug policy provisions. The appropriations legislation and attached reports also direct federal government agencies to reconsider policies that fire employees for using cannabis in compliance with state law, criticize restrictive hemp regulations, encourage CBD to be allowed in foods and urge expanded research on marijuana and other substances. While not every included provision is pro-reform—and some measures that activists wanted…
Read More »A showdown in Newtown over a proposed weed ban is planned the same day pot becomes legal in CT – Danbury News Times
NEWTOWN – Leaders here are not alone in their haste to preempt Connecticut’s marijuana legalization law that goes into effect on Thursday, but Newtown will be the first municipality in the area to put a proposed ban on cannabis establishments before the public. Newtown’s public hearing on Thursday to ban all cannabis establishments including medicinal dispensaries will give residents their first chance to weigh in on marijuana legalization since June 22, when Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law “a national model for regulating adult-use cannabis.” Ridgefield and Danbury leaders have announced their own intentions to forestall recreational marijuana businesses from…
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