Connecticut Cannabis News

Lawmakers in the Connecticut Legislature’s General Law Committee have advanced a measure to let hemp growers apply for cannabis cultivator or micro-cultivator licenses.

The Yale School of Medicine in Connecticut last month announced its upcoming Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids.

Connecticut may establish a Cannabis Ombudsman position for the state’s medical cannabis program, which would be an independent liaison between patients and the state to address concerns about the program.

The Attorney General of Connecticut is suing five retailers over the illegal sale of delta-8 THC products that mimic child-friendly products.

Cannabis MSO Ayr Wellness is holding cannabis expungement clinics in five states — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania — next weekend, February 24-25.

Connecticut dispensaries sold $359,130 worth of cannabis products on the opening day of the state’s regulated adult-use market.

Connecticut has launched its regulated adult-use cannabis market with nine retail dispensaries opening across the state on Tuesday.

The office of Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) said this week that approximately 44,000 state-level cannabis convictions are set to be erased starting January 1, 2023.

Connecticut regulators said three of the state’s four medical cannabis producers have finished converting to a hybrid adult-use license and that sales should launch by early next year.

Connecticut’s Social Equity Council reversed denials for six companies looking to establish social equity status in the state while simultaneously establishing a loan program for social equity applicants.

The University of New Haven in Connecticut will be offering four online-only cannabis certificate programs developed by board-certified doctors and lawyers.

Connecticut has awarded 16 recipients the state’s first social equity commercial cannabis licenses; the licensees still have to pay a $3 million fee and pass a background check before receiving their final licenses. 

A federal report found that cannabis samples in Connecticut linked to opioid overdoses had been cross-contaminated with fentanyl by a single dealer, and did not constitute a repeated pattern of adulteration.

Connecticut had received more than 37,000 cannabis business applications for just 56 licenses by the time the application window closed last week.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has signed cannabis policy reform bills that ban gifting and regulate advertising in the state.

Connecticut’s quasi-public venture capital arm Connecticut Innovations has invested in 1906, a low-dose medical cannabis company.

The Connecticut House passed a bill this week to restrict cannabis advertising, crack down on commercial gifting, and allow physician assistants to write medical cannabis prescriptions.

Connecticut advocates are rallying against a proposal to end the state’s gifting-based cannabis gray market by imposing a $10,000 fine and a jail sentence of up to a year for gifting cannabis.

Connecticut’s Social Equity Council has established the household income levels for social equity applicants within the state.

More than 40% of Connecticut towns have opted out of allowing cannabis operations citing conflicts between state and federal law.

Connecticut will start accepting applications for adult-use cannabis licenses next month. The first licenses will be for cultivators and retailers seeking social equity licenses.

Connecticut has approved the state’s social equity cannabis rules and anticipates beginning to accept industry license applications next month.

The Alliance for Cannabis Equity — a collaboration uniting the Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program and The WorkPlace — will focus on social equity and economic opportunities for Black and Brown entrepreneurs and workers.

Plymouth, Connecticut Police Capt. Ed Benecchi called for opening adult-use cannabis dispensaries “as soon as possible” in the name of public safety after at least 39 overdoses in the state were linked to fentanyl-laced cannabis.