Connecticut

Connecticut became the 18th state in the union to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes in June 2021, when Gov. Ned Lamont signed the bill into law. The bill, which allows adults 21 and older to possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis, went into effect on July 1, and the sale of recreational...

Delaware House To Vote On Marijuana Sales Bill, Legal Possession Measure Heads To Senate A key House committee passed a measure to create a regulatory framework for a recreational cannabis market in Delaware, reported Marijuana Moment. HB 372 was approved by a House Appropriations Committee on...

Connecticut Democrat governor, Ned Lamont signed a budget bill into law that includes provisions that will give patients access to MDMA and psilocybin. The bill, which according to Lamont gives the “largest tax cut in history” to taxpayers in the state, allows for psychedelic...

Connecticut Senate Sends Bill Cracking Down On Gifting Cannabis Events To Governor’s Desk Connecticut lawmakers gave the green light to a bill that would ban so-called gifting events involving marijuana, also known as cannabis bazaars, reported CT News Junkie. The bill, which advanced through...

The Connecticut House of Representatives approved a budget bill that includes provisions to grant certain patients access to MDMA-assisted or psilocybin-assisted therapy, reported Marijuana Moment. The bill would create psychedelic treatment centers in the state as part of an expanded access...

The General Law Committee, a joint standing committee of the Connecticut General Assembly, debated a proposed bill that would prevent residents from gifting cannabis products or face up to a year in prison and a $10,000 fine, reported NBC. During a public virtual hearing streamed live on March 8th...

A group of Connecticut legal marijuana advocates released a Cannabis Manifesto, which is meant to be a resource for minority business applicants looking to enter the recreational industry. The Alliance for Cannabis Equity (ACE), a group formed by the Connecticut Community Outreach...

The state Department of Consumer Protection will begin accepting the first applications for certain adult-use cannabis establishment license types in early February. This week a panel establishing a framework for the sale of legal marijuana in Connecticut also approved criteria to ensure that Black...

Speaking at an event hosted by the Hartford Business Journal in Farmington this week, Patrik Jonsson, Curaleaf's regional president for the Northeast talked about the challenges facing the cannabis industry, including the already well-known lack of banking access for cannabis...

Connecticut just became the 18th state in the union to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes and the 4th just this year, as Gov. Ned Lamont signed the bill into law on Tuesday. The bill, which allows adults 21 and older to possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis, goes into effect...

Connecticut is on the verge of becoming the 18th state to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes after lawmakers finally sent a cannabis reform bill to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk on Thursday morning, the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of the war on drugs....

Lawmakers in Hawaii, Connecticut and Florida recently introduced bills aimed at expanding access to psilocybin therapy. The measures follow steps taken by Oregon, where the therapeutic use of psilocybin was legalized via a ballot vote on Election Day, Nov. 3. Florida: A bill...

First Psychedelics ETF Debuts On NEO Exchange Psychedelics’ first exchange traded fund went public last Wednesday. The Horizons Psychedelic Stock Index ETF is now listed on Toronto’s NEO exchange under the symbol ‘PSYK’, and managed by Horizons ETFs Management. PSYK is a...

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) confirmed Tuesday the branding of its recently acquired Arrow Alternative Care and GR Companies Inc. dispensary locations in Connecticut. The Wakefield, Massachusetts-based cannabis company, which has been operating in Nutmeg...

According to nationwide data from Insurify Insights, the average percentage of drivers in America who’ve been cited for speeding stands at 12.67%, or 1 in 8 drivers, as of June 2020. Benzinga has analyzed data from among over 2 million registered drivers to determine the 10 states where...