I just moved my family to Connecticut from Los Angeles, where I have lived almost exclusively since 1979. I am a born-and-raised New Yorker and spent a lot of time in Connecticut as a kid and young man, so I’m returning to old haunts, and I have relatives throughout... Read more
In an effort to open the newly legal marijuana market to those most harmed during the years it was criminalized, Connecticut lawmakers set strict standards for who may own the emerging businesses. But they didn’t legislate anything about profits. Last month the state’s Social Equity Council approved the applications... Read more
The state has released the business names of the 16 applicants and their financial backers who were selected to be among the first to grow cannabis in Connecticut. The applicants hail from Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain, Manchester, Middletown, Southington, Stamford and Waterbury, but can choose to operate their grow... Read more
What do we really know about the Russian roots of America’s biggest cannabis company? Curaleaf could be worth $75bn by 2030. But its US-born chair, Boris Jordan, faces questions over his two decades in Russia New Jersey is far from Moscow. But when cannabis sales began in the Garden... Read more
A full year into Connecticut’s legalization of adult-use cannabis, the state has yet to reap a single tax dollar from sales of recreational marijuana. But while the rollout has been slightly bumpy, with the General Assembly passing a law this year to halt informal, untaxed sales of cannabis that had emerged... Read more
Another state with legal weed is cracking down on unregulated cannabis retailers. This time, it is lawmakers in Connecticut who are taking on the practice of “gifting,” through which illicit weed shops sell a product (say, a T-shirt) that comes with a cannabis “gift.” Now, under a bill signed... Read more
Cannabis gifting parties are no longer allowed in Connecticut. Gov. Ned Lamont this week signed legislation that seeks to crack down on the unregulated cannabis bazaars that cropped up across Connecticut after the drug became fully legal here. At the events, attended by several thousand who usually paid a fee to... Read more
Connecticut legalized adult-use cannabis last year, but it’s still unclear when recreational marijuana will be available to buy without a prescription. Existing medical-use cultivators and retailers could be the first to offer recreational products in the market, but only a handful have applied so far to convert their operations... Read more
The state of Connecticut said last week that it received north of 15,600 applications from prospective recreational cannabis retailers, according to local news reports. Central Maine reports that “State Department of Consumer Protection figures released Friday show that 8,357 applications were submitted before Wednesday’s deadline for the first six... Read more
Tiana Hercules faces stiff competition as she seeks to launch a retail cannabis business in Hartford or New London. The mother of three who is looking to “change the economic trajectory of their future” has submitted one of nearly 3,300 retail applications, as of Thursday, and is seeking a... Read more
