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  • Untrimmed buds of Ice Cream Cake cannabis plants in a Cure Room at the CTPharma cultivation facility in Rocky Hill.
    News
    CT town surveying residents on youth vaping, marijuana use
    East Hartford is surveying residents and people who work in town about potential harm to young people from vaping and marijuana use.
    By Jesse Leavenworth
  • A variety of medical cannabis products are displayed at Fine Fettle cannabis dispensary in Stamford, Conn. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Fine Fettle is currently a medical marijuana dispensary, but starting Tuesday will open to recreational adult use.
    News
    Hamden to allow cannabis businesses by special permit
  • This Aug. 22, 2019 photo shows medical marijuana plants being grown before flowering during a media tour of the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, N.Y. After legislative efforts stalled and a vaping sickness stirred new concerns, the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut still want to make recreational pot legal. But the states have different approaches and timeframes, and some proposals have shifted since last year. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
    Cannabis in Connecticut
    Did CT's cannabis industry rollout benefit big business?
  • A second retail cannabis store is being proposed in what was an Asian restaurant on McDermott Avenue, Torrington. This the second plan submitted by applicant, Patrik Jonsson. A similar plan for a building on East Main Street was denied earlier this year, with the Planning & Zoning Comission citing traffic and the store's impact on the neighborhood.
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    Second retail cannabis store proposed in Torrington
  • The Connecticut House passed a bill Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that would legalize marijuana in the state. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/TNS)
    Cannabis in Connecticut
    Cannabis advocate urges New Milford to offer safe place for users
  • Fairfield's Dave Novak, the first customer in line for adult use cannabis sales, checks out with help from dispensary agent Aidan Coimin at Fine Fettle cannabis dispensary in Stamford, Conn. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A total of seven cannabis dispensaries in the state began adult use recreational cannabis sales on Tuesday, with Fine Fettle being the only location in Fairfield County. To prevent long lines and an overflowing parking lot, Fine Fettle Stamford requires customers to pre-order online and schedule a time for pick up.
    Cannabis in Connecticut
    Haar: Cannabis numbers show no great haul for state coffers
  • A former Outback Steakhouse in Enfield is among three cannabis locations that received planning and zoning approval in the last month in Hartford County.
    News
    3 new cannabis dispensaries gain approval in Hartford area
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  • News
    Retail cannabis store is 'steady, busy' on Winsted Road
    Still River Wellness' retail cannabis store opened March 1, and owner Tom Macre says the business is steadily growing, Still River Wellness' retail cannabis store opened March 1, and owner Tom Macre says the business is steadily growing as more and more people find their way to the Winsted Road location.  By Emily M. Olson
  • Cannabis in Connecticut
    CT produces more than $18 million in cannabis sales in February
    Customers wait to make a purchase of an eighth of an ounce of flower on the first day of retail cannabis sales at RISE in  Branford  on Jan. 10, 2023. In the first full calendar month since the launch of legalized recreational marijuana, sales of recreational and medical forms totaled more than $18 million.   By Paul Schott
  • News
    Stratford seeks public input on first proposed cannabis store
    1151 Stratford Ave. in Stratford, Conn. Feb. 9, 2023. The proposed cannabis dispensary has sparked concern from some residents worried the store could increase traffic on Stratford Avenue. By Richard Chumney
  • Things To Do
    CT Cannabis Expo rolls in to Mohegan Sun March 25 and 26
    Cannabis  Mohegan Sun hosts the Connecticut Cannabis Expo featuring vendors, the X Cup cannabis competition, educational panels and more March 25 and 26. By Jailene Cuevas
  • Cannabis in Connecticut
    CT panel approves bill allowing hemp growers into cannabis market
    Cherry Punch cannabis plants grow in a room with yellow light at the CTPharma cultivation facility in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on December 13, 2022. The legislative General Law Committee on Tuesday approved legislation to give current hemp farmers as path into the adult-use cannabis industry. By Ken Dixon

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  • News
    Why 18 civilians spent a day using alcohol and marijuana for cops
    Connecticut police officers partake in a training to help detect drivers under the influence of marijuana and/or alcohol on Feb. 9, 2023, in Guilford, Conn.  In the first lab of its kind in the country, UConn paired with DOT to train police officers in how to detect marijuana- and alcohol-impaired drivers. By Abigail Brone
  • Cannabis in Connecticut
    UConn to hold 'unique' cannabis research symposium
    Cannabis plants hang in a drying room at the CTPharma cultivation facility in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on December 13, 2022. The symposium, scheduled for later this month, will include researchers studying everything from botany to law to pain science and neurology.  By Jordan Nathaniel Fenster
  • News
    Cannabis advocates protest CT's recreational-use rollout
    Ivelisse Correa, of East Hartford, protested outside Hartford's Curaleaf location Friday in hopes of raising awareness about barriers for people of color looking to open dispensaries. Shouts of "Russian-owned weed" could be heard outside Hartford's Curaleaf dispensary Friday as protesters criticized the state's social equity program. By Emily DiSalvo
  • Politics
    Cannabis activists want more CT criminal cases dropped, expunged
    Cherry Punch cannabis plants grow in a room with yellow light at the CTPharma cultivation facility in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on December 13, 2022. The chief state prosecutor on Wednesday suggested that more defendants, inmates and those on probation could be eligible for erasing their cannabis convictions. By Ken Dixon
  • News
    Yale new center to study cannabis impact on brain, mental health
    The Yale School of Medicine on Cedar Street in New Haven photographed on July 22, 2021. A focus of the new center is to explore how cannabis impact older adults and children born to mothers who use cannabis during pregnancy. By Chatwan Mongkol

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Medical Cannabis News

  • Cannabis in Connecticut
    CT lawmakers look at creating CT cannabis ombudsman job
    Lemon Cherry Gelato cannabis plants are developing roots in a Propagation Room at the CTPharma cultivation facility in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on December 13, 2022.Lemon Cherry Gelato cannabis plants are developing roots in a propagation room at the CTPharma cultivation facility in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on December 13, 2022. A proposal being considered in the state legislature would create an official liaison between medical cannabis users and the state.  By Jordan Nathaniel Fenster
  • Cannabis in Connecticut
    Recreational sales at Bristol cannabis dispensary begin Friday
    Cannabis plants hang in a drying room at the CTPharma cultivation facility in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on December 13, 2022. Bristol's Trulieve CT will join the list of Connecticut medical dispensaries selling recreational cannabis beginning this week.  By Andrew DaRosa
  • Cannabis in Connecticut
    CT agency urges medical marijuana users to shop before Tuesday
    Cherry Punch cannabis plants grow in a room with yellow light at the CTPharma cultivation facility in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on December 13, 2022. Connecticut’s first adult-use cannabis shops will open Tuesday, and the DCP encourages registered medical marijuana patients to shop before then. By Jailene Cuevas
  • News
    New Haven medical marijuana shop gets OK for recreational sales
    Affinity Health and Wellness Inc. at 1351 Whalley Ave. in New Haven. Affinity Health and Wellness on Whalley Avenue got its special permit in a 3-1 vote after officials debated ramifications on traffic and a nearby park. By Mary E O Leary
  • Opinion
    Opinion: Why tax medical marijuana, unlike other meds?
    This Aug. 22, 2019 photo shows medical marijuana plants being grown before flowering during a media tour of the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, N.Y. After legislative efforts stalled and a vaping sickness stirred new concerns, the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut still want to make recreational pot legal. But the states have different approaches and timeframes, and some proposals have shifted since last year. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) Fees are not covered by insurance, so patients bear the full cost By Nathan Tinker

CBD News

  • Local
    New CBD store opens in New Milford with hemp industry growing
    National CBD retailer Your CBD Store has announced the opening of its New Milford store at 5 Church St. Offering CBD-infused honey sticks and gummies as free samples, the store’s owners — Kabi and Jonathan Mickens — welcomed locals to a sidewalk sale with tables set up outside. By Leah Brennan
  • Cannabis in Connecticut
    CBD altered to THC sold in Connecticut despite law
    A hemp / legal cannabis plant in a greenhouse at Texas A&M Soil and Crop Sciences Friday, April 8, 2022, in College Station. The cannabis plants greenhouse, each containing no more than the legal limit of THC in Texas. These hemp plants can be grown and sold legally. Found in legal hemp, CBD is being synthesized into psychoactive THC and sold from gas stations to head shops. By Jordan Nathaniel Fenster
  • Business
    'The Breakroom,' offering CBD coffee, open for business in SoNo
    The Breakroom, a coffee shop at 14 N Main Street in South Norwalk on Dec. 2, 2021.  The Breakroom, located on 14 N Main Street is open for business, offering CBD coffee.   By Adriana Morga
  • Business
    Sugar Leaf CBD shop supports female entrepreneurs
    Kristin Souza owns and operates Sugar Leaf at 109 College St. in Middletown. It features CBD products and accessories. Kristin Souza wants to combat the stigma she believes women feel when using cannabis-derived products. By Christine DeRosa
  • News
    CBD store aims to be ‘up and running’ by early April in Wilton
    A Your CBD Store is expected to open soon in Wilton. The store is part of the Your CBD Store chain, which offers “hemp-derived” items, according to the business’ website. By Leah Brennan
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