Recreational Marijuana

Connecticut is poised to meet its projected tax revenue of around $26 million for the first year, but many in the industry say it could have been better.

The legal sale of adult-use recreational pot, which began in January, surpassed the sale of medical marijuana in September, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection reported this week.

Five months after cannabis retailers made their first recreational sales in Connecticut, advocates and legislators say there is still work to do to make the industry equitable.

Nine medical marijuana hybrid dispensaries in Connecticut began making retail cannabis sales on Jan. 10. Just under 46,000 units of cannabis or cannabis products were sold.

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

Connecticut’s cannabis chief, Andrea Comer, is resigning days ahead of the state’s first legal recreational sales, highlighting a possible problem with the new market.

The legal sale of adult-use recreational marijuana begins in Connecticut on Jan. 10 according to the state’s Department of Consumer Protection.

Over a year after the legalization of adult-use recreational marijuana in Connecticut, consumers now have a date for when dispensaries open, but economists recognize risks in the budding industry.

As Connecticut rolls out the adult-use marijuana industry, regulations differ between cannabis products in the state.

New York will issue its first business licenses for cannabis dispensaries to applicants who have been harmed by the war on drugs.