cannabis

Beginning July 1, adults will be able to legally posess small amounts of marijuana, but cities and towns will have to decide where they will be allowed to consume it.

Since it could be awhile until retail stores open in Connecticut, some people might take a trip to buy cannabis in neighboring states. On Tuesday, NBC Connecticut traveled to Massachusetts where recreational marijuana has been legal for several years. Among those already making the drive to Massachusetts and heading to a recreational cannabis shop is Chris Beauchemin of Bristol. “Being…

Governor Ned Lamont officially signed a bill on Tuesday making recreational marijuana in Connecticut.

The Senate voted Thursday to legalize the recreational use of cannabis for adults in Connecticut, the final legislative action for a bill that lays the groundwork for the new industry in Connecticut and attempts to address racial inequities stemming from the nation’s war on drugs. The legislation, which passed on a 16 to 11 vote, now moves to Gov. Ned…

The Connecticut state legislature has passed a recreational marijuana bill that the governor is expected to sign.

Lawmakers are again voting on a cannabis bill. It’s moving through special session.

As Connecticut lawmakers convene at the Capitol for a special session vote on recreational cannabis, a Yale University study nearly 40 miles away on marijuana addiction continues to turn heads along the highway.

Lawmakers in the Connecticut House of Representatives made changes to the Senate’s version of the bill to legalize cannabis in an effort to avoid a veto from Gov. Lamont.

A Yale researcher is studying the long-term effects of marijuana use including whether people can become addicted to it.

Lawmakers will return to the state Capitol for a special session to take up a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana.

Hours after Connecticut Senate narrowly approved a long-awaited bill early Tuesday morning that would legalize the recreational use of cannabis in the state, Republican lawmakers said the House of Representatives should hold off from considering the bill as the legislative adjournment deadline looms. House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford, said the closed-door process which led to the massive, nearly…

Hours after the Connecticut Senate passed a bill to legalize the recreational use of cannabis, House Republicans promised to filibuster the bill.

The Connecticut State Senate has passed a bill that would legalize the recreational use of cannabis for people 21 years old and up in the state. The next step is for the bill to head to the state House of Representatives.

Lawmakers announced a deal about how to allow those age 21 and over to buy recreational cannabis starting in 2022. And on Monday state senators weighed in on the nearly 300 page bill.

State senators debated late into Monday night if Connecticut should legalize recreational marijuana.

After years of stops and starts, the Cannabis Control Commission announced Friday that eligible applicants in Massachusetts can now seek pre-certification and licensure as marijuana delivery operators, a business type that regulators and advocates said will be an important part of an equitable industry. The new “marijuana delivery operator” licenses created in the new industry rules the CCC approved late…

Biology researchers exposed lobsters to THC, the chemical in cannabis that gets users high – after a lobster shack owner claimed the drug could ease the crustaceans’ suffering when getting cooked.

A team at UC San Diego Health is conducting the first known randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial looking at cannabis as a potentially effective treatment for acute migraines, and researchers put out a call today for participants.

Many states that are legalizing marijuana have plans to help communities hurt by the war on drugs and create a legal weed industry reflective of those communities. But there needs to be more than “magical thinking” from regulators to get those businesses started, says Smoke Wallin, a board member of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable.

In states where marijuana is legal, dispensaries have to use cash or debit cards. They’re unable to accept credit cards or other forms of payment due to their product, cannabis, still being illegal under federal law. But the SAFE Banking Act, if it passes the Senate, would allow marijuana businesses to do more banking on the books and create a...