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138 stories. Dates are the original publication dates, shown in Eastern time.
2026
October 2026 (10)
- October 17, 2026 · Investigation · News
Nearly 97% of Documented Cannabis Raids Happened Inside or Within Five Miles of a DIA - October 16, 2026 · News
Smith v. Lamont Is Not Over: The Judge Ruled on Neither Side of the Constitutional Question - October 16, 2026 · News
Cannabis and Psychedelic Mushrooms. Seven People. Twenty Felony Counts. - October 8, 2026 · News
Seeking Interviews: Social Equity Owners, JV Partners, Operators and Cultivation Employees - October 8, 2026 · News
DCP Faces October 26 Deadline on Testing Transparency and Patient Oversight Petition - October 8, 2026 · News
Federal Licensing Challenge Continues as State Seeks Second Dismissal - October 5, 2026 · Analysis
Four Days In, the Out-of-State Medical Rollout Is Exposing Hollow Patient Protections - October 2, 2026 · Opinion
Pull Back the Curtain - October 2, 2026 · Investigation · News
Lamont Administration Worked on Tribal Compact for 20 Months; Industry Got 45 Minutes' Notice - October 2, 2026 · News
Public Petition Launched to Modernize Medical Cannabis Home-Grow Rules
September 2026 (7)
- September 27, 2026 · News
Correction and Update: The State Cannabis Reference Lab Is Not New - September 23, 2026 · News
Connecticut Has Quietly Tested Hundreds of Cannabis Products. Now It Is Expanding Its Reference Lab - September 23, 2026 · News
Shut Out of Connecticut's Cannabis Industry? A Federal Ruling Shows Why Your Experience May Matter - September 22, 2026 · News
Psilocybin Case Raises Questions About Destroyed Evidence and Limited Testing - September 17, 2026 · News
New COA Access Tool for Connecticut Cannabis Test Results Now in Beta - September 17, 2026 · News
Crisp Cannabis President Charged With Animal Cruelty After Dogs Left in Locked Car, Police Say - September 16, 2026 · Opinion
Where Is the Line?
August 2026 (1)
- August 12, 2026 · Analysis
Home Grow Has a Possession Rule Almost Nobody Talks About, and Another Rule Changes September 22
July 2026 (2)
- July 29, 2026 · News
First State Audit Shows the Social Equity Council Still Wrestling With Oversight - July 12, 2026 · Opinion
Connecticut’s “Imminent Threat” Waited Its Turn While Firefighters Put Out the Actual Emergency
June 2026 (13)
- June 29, 2026 · Analysis
Connecticut Opened a New Cannabis Lane While Its Market Came Under Constitutional Fire - June 27, 2026 · News
What Do You Want to Know? Let Us Do the Work - June 26, 2026 · Opinion
The Pequot Compact Shows the Licensing Barriers Were Always Manufactured - June 25, 2026 · Analysis
The Pequot Compact Puts Connecticut's Equity System Under Pressure From Both Sides - June 12, 2026 · Analysis
SEC Discusses 'Enforcement Opportunities.' Why That Language Should Concern the Community - June 12, 2026 · News
Liability Discussion Sparks Rare Governance Clash at Social Equity Council Meeting - June 10, 2026 · Analysis
Would Fentanyl Even Survive a Burning Joint? - June 10, 2026 · Analysis
Bridgeport Police Say Cannabis Tested Positive for Fentanyl. The Charges Raise Questions. - June 10, 2026 · Analysis
Equity Grants Need Public Trust. So Why Is Doug McCrory Hosting the Forum? - June 5, 2026 · Analysis
Connecticut Promised Equity. Why Are the Same Communities Facing the Crackdown? - June 3, 2026 · News
Product Passed One Lab's Microbial Test and Failed Another by a Wide Margin - June 2, 2026 · News
Brix Cannabis 'Soap' Product Record Raises Questions - June 1, 2026 · News
Consumer Alert: Mold Sensitivities, Asthma and Immunocompromised Patients
May 2026 (9)
- May 18, 2026 · Opinion
A Watchdog Without Teeth? Why Connecticut’s Cannabis Ombudsman Needs Real Authority - May 14, 2026 · News
Public Comment Is Back at the Social Equity Council, After the Session Already Changed the Market - May 14, 2026 · Analysis
Connecticut Built a Cannabis Scarcity Market. Other States Prove There Is a Better Way - May 14, 2026 · Analysis
Tyson 2.0 Launch Exposes the 'White Label' Market and Social Equity Contradictions - May 6, 2026 · News
Connecticut Takes Another Step Toward Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy - May 6, 2026 · News
HB 5222 Strips Hemp-Derived Minor Cannabinoid Protections on Its Way to the Senate - May 6, 2026 · News
SEC Executive Director Brandon McGee Added to the Statewide Cannabis and Hemp Enforcement Board - May 4, 2026 · Opinion
Reader Op-Ed: Responsible Cannabis Advocacy Means Admitting Risk - May 3, 2026 · Opinion
Dabbin' Dad Can't Have It Both Ways on the Legacy Market and Enforcement-Funding Products
April 2026 (12)
- April 26, 2026 · News
FBI-Linked Blue Hills Investigation Raises Questions Near the Social Equity System - April 23, 2026 · Opinion
Schedule III Is Nothing to Celebrate - April 22, 2026 · News
HB 5350 Opens Door to Sale of Social Equity Cannabis Businesses After Six Years - April 22, 2026 · Opinion
Get Ready for the Next Caregiver Bill - April 22, 2026 · Analysis
O'Dea on Greenhouse Mold, Pesticides and Why the Legacy Market Hasn't Gone Anywhere - April 21, 2026 · News
HB 5350 Passes the House With Two Amendments, Heads to the Senate - April 16, 2026 · Analysis
Affinity Grow Under Fire: The Case Against Rino Ferrarese - In His Own Words - April 16, 2026 · Analysis
The State's Enforcement Argument Against the Caregiver Bill Just Collapsed - April 16, 2026 · Analysis
Connecticut’s Cannabis Producers Can’t Pass Testing. So the State Is Removing It - April 9, 2026 · News
HB 5458 Would End Helicopter Cannabis Surveillance on Private Property - April 4, 2026 · News
House Majority Leader Jason Rojas’ PAC Took Cannabis-Linked Money Tied to Crisp Network - April 2, 2026 · Analysis
Connecticut Ignored FDA Guidance and Scientific Evidence in Kratom Ban
March 2026 (4)
- March 24, 2026 · Opinion
CT Officials Make Kratom Schedule 1: Ignoring Science, Targeting the Wrong Substance - March 23, 2026 · Opinion
Do Dispensary Operators Think Connecticut Cannabis Consumers Are Stupid? - March 15, 2026 · Analysis
The 'Hybrid Conversion' Story: Dispensaries Are Expanding Their Customer Base, Not Saving Medical Cannabis - March 11, 2026 · Opinion
Corporate Cannabis Blames the 'Illicit Market.' Connecticut Built It.
February 2026 (1)
- February 23, 2026 · Opinion
Boycott Alert: Crisp Cannabis President Calls for 'Extinguishing' the Legacy Market
January 2026 (1)
- January 29, 2026 · Analysis
State's Own Reports Show Most People Are Shut Out of the Legal Cannabis Market
2025
December 2025 (12)
- December 24, 2025 · Analysis
Two Federal Cases Could Force Connecticut to Rebuild Its Cannabis Law - December 21, 2025 · Analysis
HB 7181 Quietly Changed How Cannabis Rules Are Made in Connecticut - December 21, 2025 · Analysis
SEC's Proposed E-Regulation: Lawmakers Were Warned About Exploitation, Then Allowed It - December 18, 2025 · News
Law Enforcement Reform Group Says Rescheduling Falls Short, Calls for Full Federal Fix - December 16, 2025 · Analysis
SEC Moves to Cut the Social Equity Exit Rule From Seven Years to Three Through DCP E-Regulations - December 16, 2025 · Opinion
Selective Enforcement: No Arrests for a Fentanyl-Class Opioid, Arrests for Cannabis - December 13, 2025 · Analysis
Why Federal Rescheduling Fails Connecticut and the Public - December 10, 2025 · Opinion
Shelton's 'Zero Tolerance' Crackdown Exposes a Broken System - December 5, 2025 · Investigation · Analysis
83% of Busted Smoke Shops Kept Their Licenses: Three Strikes vs. 'Pay Fines and Keep Selling' - December 4, 2025 · Investigation · News
Connecticut Taxpayers Fund a National Regulator Network. DCP's Commissioner Sits on Its Board - December 4, 2025 · Analysis
The AG's Bid to Shield Legislative Records From FOIA, and Why It Matters - December 1, 2025 · Analysis
SoundView Shows 'Social Equity' Is a ZIP Code, Not a Lived Experience
November 2025 (17)
- November 26, 2025 · Opinion
HB 7181 Puts Home Growers' Doors in Reach of the DEA and State Police - November 24, 2025 · Opinion
Why the Social Equity Council's 'Partner Awards' Expose a Conflict of Interest - November 22, 2025 · Analysis
Every Can of THC Seltzer Sold in Connecticut Funds Enforcement, Not Patients - November 22, 2025 · Opinion
Why We Take Issue With Promoting Hi! People and Other THC Seltzers - November 21, 2025 · Analysis
Hi! People and Emerald Lounge: A Grand Opening That Reveals Unequal Enforcement - November 21, 2025 · News
The Cicero Connection: Cannabis, Power and the Expanding Federal Probe - November 20, 2025 · News
An Invitation to the Industry: Transparency and Community Perspective - November 20, 2025 · News
Judge Calls Hemp Entrepreneur's Governance 'A Complete Mess' in Court Order - November 19, 2025 · Analysis
Hi! People's Hartford Opening: Corporate Cannabis, HB 7181 and the Squeeze on the Gray Market - November 19, 2025 · News
Statement From Camp Laughing Grass - November 7, 2025 · Investigation · Analysis
Corrected: Who Really Controls Connecticut Cannabis - November 7, 2025 · Analysis
Equity in Name Only: How the Social Equity Council Became a Political Network - November 5, 2025 · Investigation · News
The Hidden Empire: How the Zachs and Patels Captured the 'Equity' Cannabis Market - November 5, 2025 · News
From 'Gateway Drug' to Green Gold: The Ex-Senator, the Mayor and the Council's Next Big Vote - November 3, 2025 · News
State Records Confirm Silver Point Subsidiary Now Holds Theraplant's License - November 3, 2025 · News
Trustee Alleges Greenrose Board and Lender Conspired to Seize Theraplant in Secret Foreclosure - November 2, 2025 · Opinion
Gas-Station THC ≠ Connecticut’s Legacy Caregiving Network
October 2025 (3)
- October 16, 2025 · Investigation · News
ARPA Funds Meant for a Downtown Market Appear Diverted Toward Dispensary Linked to Former Regulator - October 16, 2025 · Opinion
Kratom and 7-OH Are Different Beasts, and Lawmakers Made a Hasty Decision - October 16, 2025 · News
Cultivator Challenges Connecticut Licensing as Unconstitutional in New Federal Suit
September 2025 (8)
- September 28, 2025 · Opinion
Oregon Proved It: Connecticut Needs Real Competition in Cannabis - September 22, 2025 · Investigation · Analysis
How HB 6863 and HB 7181 Hid the Movement of Cannabis Dollars Into Enforcement - September 22, 2025 · Analysis
How Your Cannabis Dollars Now Fund Enforcement Against You - September 19, 2025 · News
Patient Alert: Mold Levels Found in Connecticut Cannabis - September 16, 2025 · News
CT Drug Control Director Steps Down Amid Cannabis Retaliation Scandal - September 16, 2025 · Opinion
DCP’s Retaliatory Culture Exposed - September 8, 2025 · Analysis
CT Politicians, Power, and the Edge of Legality: From Cannabis to the WNBA - September 8, 2025 · Analysis
Market Failing, Connecticut Pivots to Enforcement for Profit
August 2025 (7)
- August 6, 2025 · Analysis
As Opioid Deaths Soar, States Like Connecticut Are Banning Kratom: A Plant That Could Help - August 6, 2025 · News
Connecticut Bans Kratom and Eight Other Substances Under New Drug Law - August 6, 2025 · Analysis
Connecticut Cannabis Costs More and Delivers Less - August 5, 2025 · Investigation · News
Federal Probe Ties Cannabis Consulting, Nonprofit Grants and Political Power - August 4, 2025 · Opinion
Popsicles Over Patients? East Hartford's 'Copsicle' Truck and Cannabis Tax Money - August 1, 2025 · News
Federal Grand Jury Probe Deepens as State Confirms Cooperation - August 1, 2025 · News
Federal Grand Jury Probe Reaches From the Capitol to the Dispensary
July 2025 (1)
- July 29, 2025 · Investigation · Analysis
Follow the Money: DOC Audit Reveals Millions in Misuse as Cannabis Enforcement Ramps Up
June 2025 (7)
- June 25, 2025 · Opinion
Medical Patients: Read This Before Sharing Your Story With the Cannabis Ombudsman - June 6, 2025 · Analysis
The 2025 Federal Hemp Ban: What It Means for Connecticut - June 6, 2025 · Opinion
Prep for the Next Legislative Session With These Cannabis Tools - June 4, 2025 · Opinion
The Drug War 2.0 Has Begun in Connecticut - June 3, 2025 · Analysis
How HB 7181 Was Kept Alive and Funded Behind Closed Doors - June 3, 2025 · Analysis
June 3, 2025: LCO 10422 Adds Protections for Social Equity Applicants, None for Individuals - June 3, 2025 · News
HB 7181 Is Being Called Today
May 2025 (9)
- May 30, 2025 · Analysis
What HB 7178 Does to Connecticut's Cannabis Market - May 23, 2025 · Analysis
Strictest Legal Cannabis States Ranked: Where Connecticut Stands - May 23, 2025 · News
Connecticut Cracks Down on Cannabis Use in Cars with New Law Taking Effect October 1 - May 20, 2025 · Analysis
CT Lawmakers Support Psychedelics, But Crack Down on Cannabis? - May 13, 2025 · Analysis
SB 970 and HB 7181 Mark a Return of the Drug War, With a Paywall - May 8, 2025 · Analysis
Weaponized Cannabis Fines: Connecticut Joins a Disturbing National Trend - May 7, 2025 · Opinion
File Copy 835: 'Cannabis Task Force' Version of HB 7181 Enables Warrantless Raids - May 7, 2025 · Analysis
HB 7181 Just Got Worse: New Version Doubles Down on Fines and Felonies - May 7, 2025 · Analysis
SB 970 Quietly Redefines Cannabis. Who Benefits?
April 2025 (4)
- April 29, 2025 · Analysis
Smoke and Mirrors: Is HB7181 Really About Shutting Down Illegal Stores, Or Cashing In? - April 12, 2025 · Opinion
Public Health or Selective Policing? - April 9, 2025 · News
DCP Loses Cannabis Regulator Role Amid Retaliation Scandal as New Oversight Office Emerges - April 6, 2025 · Analysis
Connecticut Moves Closer to Decriminalizing Psilocybin While Stalling Cannabis Patient Protections
March 2025 (10)
- March 25, 2025 · Opinion
HB 7181: When the People Are Not Heard - March 18, 2025 · Analysis
What the DCP Audit Report (FY 2018-2020) Found - March 17, 2025 · Opinion
Strike-All Amendment Would Replace HB 7181's Cannabis Enforcement With an Opioid Task Force - March 14, 2025 · News
Lamont, Tong and Cafferelli Move to Dismiss Hemp Sales Lawsuit - March 14, 2025 · Opinion
CT’s Cannabis Crackdown: It’s About the Money - March 14, 2025 · Opinion
Email Template for Contacting the General Law Committee - March 14, 2025 · Analysis
Is Connecticut's Cannabis Industry Rigged? Allegations of Selective Enforcement Surface - March 13, 2025 · Opinion
Connecticut’s Proposed Cannabis Crackdown: A Step Backward for Progress - March 13, 2025 · Analysis
RERACA's Delegation of Legislative Power to DCP Raises Constitutional Concerns - March 13, 2025 · News
Puff City Smoke Shops Sue Lamont and Tong Over Hemp Sales Restrictions