Connecticut to Begin Accepting Applications for Adult-Use Cannabis Establishments This Week
ConnecticutMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana February 1, 2022 0
The state Department of Consumer Protection is going to start accepting applications for some adult-use cannabis establishment license types. Cannabis was approved for adult use in Connecticut in June 2021 and retail sales are anticipated to begin in the state by the end of the year. The Department of... Read more
As legal sales near, Connecticut cannabis ‘gifting’ parties gain momentum
ConnecticutMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News January 24, 2022 0
Seven months into the legal recreational marijuana landscape, Connecticut’s previously underground cannabis community is enjoying public consumption parties where growers show off flower specimens in what they believe is a gray area in the law. Groups such as the CT CannaWarriors, High Bazaar and the New England Craft Cannabis Alliance, which have been... Read more
Connecticut will begin accepting the first applications for cannabis businesses. Rules governing the sale of adult-use marijuana approved.
ConnecticutMarijuana Industry News January 4, 2022 0
U.S. Cannabis Council CEO Steve Hawkins on the Federal Lobbying Group’s Goals for 2022 A 501(c)4 nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., the United States Cannabis Council (USCC), launched a mere 11 months ago with the mandate “to advance social equity, end the federal prohibition of cannabis, modernize federal and... Read more
Group forms to help give equal access to Connecticut’s new cannabis market
ConnecticutMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana November 30, 2021 0
A new association has been formed to ensure Black and other under represented communities will have an opportunity to participate in Connecticut’s new legalized recreational marijuana industry, as state legislators had promised. The Alliance for Cannabis Equity, or ACE, created by two local workforce and economic development organizations, will... Read more
Federal law poses challenges to new Connecticut cannabis businesses
ConnecticutMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana November 29, 2021 0
When Lisa Capitani decided to start a small business to educate and guide medical marijuana patients, she knew she’d need some advice. So Capitani, a nurse who lives in Newtown, turned to other nurses across the country who have cannabis-related businesses. And she applied for a mentor through SCORE, a... Read more
