Legalized Marijuana

Recreational marijuana sales begin this week in Connecticut. Officials say their cities are getting ready.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont highlighted the erasure of thousands of low-level cannabis convictions on the eve of the state’s legal retail sales of marijuana. The state's Clean Slate law took effect at the beginning of the month.

CannaHealth filed a lawsuit last week against the state Department of Consumer Protection and its Social Equity Council that oversees the rollout of Connecticut's legalized adult-use recreational cannabis industry.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Erica Phillips to discuss her article, “Can marijuana bring back social equity in Massachusetts? A case study,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Connecticut legalized adult-use cannabis last year, but it’s still unclear when recreational marijuana will be available to buy without a prescription.

New York legalized possession of recreational marijuana in March. Cities, towns and villages have until the end of the year to opt out of retail pot…

A panel will consider who takes part in Connecticut’s legalized pot market by using drug arrest data since the early days of the Reagan…

New York airports will no longer seize small amounts of marijuana found on passengers. This comes four months after the state legalized recreational…

The town of Newtown, Connecticut, banned the opening of legal cannabis businesses on the same day the state legalized recreational marijuana.First…

Most New Yorkers do not want Governor Andew Cuomo to run for office again. Pot is officially legal in Connecticut today, criminal justice advocates in the…