by Morgan Fox, NCIA Director of Media Relations The last few weeks have seen quite a bit of excitement for the possibility of comprehensive federal cannabis policy reform being closer than it has ever been, but what about the states? Historically, the vast majority of progress has been made... Read more
On the coldest and grayest days of winter, a warm and improbably bright yellow light reliably shines on a dense thicket of plantings deep inside a repurposed warehouse. They are marijuana plants, some as tall as Christmas trees, thick with flowers. “For these plants, it’s like July 15 every... Read more
Proponents of legal cannabis in Connecticut said there’s a better than average chance a bill will pass in 2021, while opponents said the old barriers still haven’t been removed. “I’m hoping there isn’t a stumbling block to passing legislation this year,” said state Rep. Steven J. Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chair... Read more
Despite a global pandemic that uprooted businesses around the world, the U.S. cannabis market showed no signs of slowing down in 2020, as we had predicted a year ago. Through lockdowns and mask mandates, the industry innovated how consumers purchase cannabis. Brands grew nationwide thanks to increased SPAC involvement... Read more
The state’s four licensed marijuana growers are planning for the inevitable, if not imminent, approval of cannabis sales for adult recreational use in Connecticut by expanding their footprints. With the state’s fragile economy — all the worse in the coronavirus pandemic — 2021 could be the year state lawmakers... Read more
November 24, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment On the campus of a medical marijuana grower in Rocky Hill, state lawmakers on Tuesday outlined two possible paths to legalizing recreational marijuana, which has eluded Connecticut for years while neighboring states have passed it. The first — voting on a... Read more
Exclusive Interview with Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers COVID-19 was just beginning to spread across the United States when Trulieve (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) CEO Kim Rivers last spoke with New Cannabis Ventures in March. Months later, the cannabis industry and the rest of the world is still navigating the... Read more
Connecticut lawmakers voted on Tuesday to add chronic pain to the list of serious medical conditions that qualify an adult patient to use medical marijuana. The unanimous vote by the General Assembly’s Regulation Review Committee, which also adds the connective tissue disorders known as the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes to list,... Read more
Thousands of new patients who suffer from chronic pain will soon be able to join the state’s medical cannabis program, following a vote Tuesday morning — after no debate — by the General Assembly’s only bipartisan committee. Connecticut will now become the last state to allow chronic pain as a... Read more
