Oh really? https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Connecticut-raises-mold-levels-for-medical-16678474.php

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Right now, patients have no one on the inside looking out for their interests. That’s what led to this idea. Patients have been getting trampled for years. This is finally a step in the right direction. That’s what matters.

To my fellow patients: Contact your state representatives and tell them you're counting on their support for HB5539.

Then I hope she knows that even after remediation, dead mold spores remain intact on flower and under the right environmental conditions, new colonies can even form.

Ever talk to an immunocompromised patient, or one with mold allergies? I'll wait.

Yeah, allowing 10 times more yeast and mold than Massachusetts seems way better.

No, people downvoting because of what 4 MSOs did to cannabis in our state.

This is out-of-state corporate operator Acreage Holdings

....related to cannabis?

DCP's primary interest in cannabis is protecting the revenue stream and therefore protecting the incumbent 4 licensed producers. Think about why only one oversight action has occurred during their entire decade-plus tenure as regulator. And that only happened because one of the lab directors accidentally told on himself.

Connecticut Dems sure do love their identity politics and theater, though. It's gonna be a tough choice for them!

This will be a litmus test for whether Lamont cares more about the performative theatrics or the money. Democrats are allergic to Russia.

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The applicant in this news story is the owner of Affinity in New Haven, as well as a bunch of other LLCs including a distillery.

hyper limited zoning is really going to destroy any attempt at social equity. It’s not like municipalities are going to have a sudden change of heart just because a social equity applicant wasn’t able to make moves before fine fettle or curaleaf gobbled up whatever was available. If they only want two retailers in town, then there’s only going to be two.

Any company doing cannabis delivery in Connecticut is going to be stuck delivering products from the same four incumbent licensed producers for at least the next year or so.

tl;dr “We want to make it as lawsuit-free as possible for us to pick winners and losers rather than just opening up the market and letting it decide.”

“It should be said that Leafly and other cannabis media platforms did not exactly step up, either. A cannabis worker died on the job and we knew nothing about it until Mike Crawford started talking about it eight months later on his podcast.

We pledge to do better."

The state only cares about Trulieve's money and nothing else …as they ship old products into CT.

Big shout out to Mike Crawford for making this story part of the national cannabis conversation through sheer force of will. Connecticut allowing Trulieve to grow their footprint here will only lead to more outcomes like this tragedy.

The appearance of corruption is just as pernicious as real corruption itself. Connecticut has so many houses of cards being propped up by corruption, no wonder legislators are freaking out about being held accountable on video. The state's cannabis social equity council has already banned public comment at their public meetings. Seems like this is the next logical step for them to silence any and all dissent.

Is the Terp in your name pertaining to your alma mater, or terpenes?

Plenty more worth reading.

Are we, though? Have you really looked into it? The smaller growers here in Connecticut are not happy. They've mostly been excluded from access to the market, and those that did get a license had to partner up with MSOs or out-of-state investors.

Safety has been my lane for a while now.

I assume you don't talk to any small craft producers out there in California. Because you'd be hearing quite a different analysis.