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

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.

Attorney Brooke Goff explains what you need to know.

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

A garbage bag allegedly full of pot that was flung off a Brooklyn rooftop in an apparent sale gone bad scattered onto the sidewalk, sending pedestrians scrambling to pick up marijuana earlier this month, police say.

The Connecticut Senate returned to the State Capitol Tuesday to begin a special session to wrap up the state budget and iron out a bill to legalize the recreational use of cannabis in Connecticut.

What was once a beautifully maintained five-bedroom, four-bath house was turned into a large-scale grow operation that posed a danger to the entire neighborhood.

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

If the cannabis bill does pass the House, it will also wipe out some minor drug charges against some.

The Connecticut Senate is expected to take action on a bill that will allow adults over 21 to start purchasing cannabis in Connecticut starting in 2022. But several hurdles remain. “We think we’ve set it up in such a way that in 2022, you would be able to begin purchasing,” Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, said. Winfield, who negotiated the…

The Connecticut Senate is expected to take action on a bill that will allow adults over 21 to start purchasing cannabis in Connecticut starting in 2022. But several hurdles remain.

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…

The end of the legislative session is fast approaching but lawmakers have a lot of unfinished business, including a piece of legislation that would legalize and tax cannabis for adults over the age of 21.

Drug-sniffing police dogs from around Virginia are being forced into early retirement as the state prepares to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana on July 1

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.

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.

Mars Wrigley, owner of Skittles, filed a lawsuit against Terphogz, the maker of THC-laced candy Zkittlez, claiming copyright infringement.

Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are putting their babies at risk, a study published this week finds

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...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday reiterated his call to legalize marijuana at the federal level.