- COVID, CT legalization of cannabis likely helped men avoid prison
![A group of police K9s pose in 2019 after one of the dogs, Shamus, helped state police locate 420 pounds of marijuana.]()
- Ridgefield to vote on ordinance banning marijuana sales
![BURIRAM, THAILAND - JUNE 10: Marijuana plants seen on display at a marijuana legalization expo on June 10, 2022 in Buriram, Thailand.]()
- Winsted residents can speak on cannabis regulations
![Friends of Main Street Winsted recently launched a holiday campaign for a drawing of a gift basket valued at more than $500.]()
- Not everyone has to go through cannabis lottery in CT
![Experts say if owners can overcome the unique roadblocks of opening a recreational-use cannabis business, they can reap the benefits of a potentially strong market.]()
- Marijuana gifting parties now illegal in CT
![Gina Sanders, 41, Hartford, stands before two marijuana plants grew at home as part of a gathering outside the state Capitol in Hartford on April 20, 2022. Sanders said she's been bringing the plants to the spot weekly to protest a proposal to ban the practice of cannabis gifting.]()
- West Hartford approves ordinance regulating cannabis sales
![A Costumer from Connecticut buys marihuana supplies at the Weed World store on March 31, 2021, in New York. - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana on March 31. 2021, with a large chunk of tax revenues from sales set to go to minority communities. New York joins 14 other US states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis after lawmakers in both state chambers, where Cuomo's Democratic Party holds strong majorities, backed the bill on March 30. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)]()
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![An early version of Norwalk’s cannabis ordinance will require recreational marijuana businesses to be at least 1,000 feet from schools, youth services facilities and rehab centers.]()
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![A CTPharma staff checks on the marijuana flowers.]()
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![Panelists from the CannaCurious? event in Westport hosted by the Southern Connecticut chapter of the American Marketing Association. The panelists, from left to right, are Amy Deneson, Emily Tuttle, Renee Cotsis, Sheri Orlowitz, Michelle Seagull and Jacqueline Bennett.]()
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![FILE - Marijuana plants are pictured at a growing facility in Oklahoma City, Feb. 26, 2020. The Oklahoma Supreme Court says a proposed state question to legalize adult use of marijuana can head to a public vote. The state's high court late Tuesday, April,19, 2022. rejected a challenge to the proposed state question. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)]()
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![The writer of this letter, writes it about an experience, that he, and other students at the Scotland Elementary School in Ridgefield, recently had, along with an event on Saturday, May 14, at 8 a.m., and that the students are inviting the members of the community to, and to walk a two mile route from the St. Mary’s School in Ridgefield, to the Cass Gilbert Fountain in Ridgefield.]()
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![The first customers make purchases at Apothecarium Dispensary last month in Maplewood, N.J., marking the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales in the state of New Jersey.]()
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![Hugh Gallman says he knows he has a “slim-to-none” chance of obtaining a Connecticut cannabis retail license.]()
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![Along with potentially opening its Stamford dispensary to both medical and recreational cannabis sales, Fine Fettle Dispensary will install a new post sign outside the facility. The Zoning Board ultimately approved a 10-foot sign on the property, down six feet from what the applicant proposed.]()
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![MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY - APRIL 21: The first customers make purchases at Apothecarium Dispensary on April 21, 2022 in Maplewood, New Jersey. Verano, a Chicago-based cannabis company, is proposing to open a hybrid dispensary in Newington, CT later this year. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)]()
Medical Cannabis News
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![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)]()
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![Cannabis items are for sale at Fine Fettle medical cannabis dispensary in Stamford, Conn. Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. The dispensary opened its doors to patients on Monday providing a variety of prescribed medical cannabis items and accessories.]()
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![Connecticut plans to license two general applicants and two social equity applicants as hybrid retailers.]()
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![Assistant manager Marion Baxter, PharmD, shows cannabis flower from the four Connecticut growers at Fine Fettle medical cannabis dispensary in Stamford, Conn. Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. The dispensary opened its doors to patients on Monday providing a variety of prescribed medical cannabis items and accessories.]()
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![Medical marijuana patients previously were able to get up to 3 ounces a month, and can now get up to 3.5 ounces monthly, officials announced on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022.]()
CBD News
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![National CBD retailer Your CBD Store has announced the opening of its New Milford store at 5 Church St.]()
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![The Breakroom, a coffee shop at 14 N Main Street in South Norwalk on Dec. 2, 2021.]()
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![Kristin Souza owns and operates Sugar Leaf at 109 College St. in Middletown. It features CBD products and accessories.]()
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![A Your CBD Store is expected to open soon in Wilton.]()
- LITCHFIELD — In the first few minutes listening to George Manzone, owner of the Litchfield County CBD Co., one might take him for a scientist or medical doctor, as he easily rolls out words like “endocannabinoid system,” “cerebellum” and “terpene... By Jo Ann Jaacks
