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The Connecticut General Assembly is moving forward with HB 7178, a highly detailed bill that makes significant changes to cannabis, hemp, and infused beverage laws. Let’s break down exactly what this bill changes — especially regarding THC potency and how the cannabis system operates:
As more states legalize cannabis, not all legalization is created equal. Some states impose far stricter rules on consumers, homegrowers, and businesses than others.
Hartford, CT – A new cannabis enforcement bill, HB 7132, has officially passed both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly and now awaits the governor’s signature.
In a confusing twist for advocates of drug policy reform, a recent vote comparison shows that several Connecticut lawmakers who voted to support psilocybin access also voted to increase criminal-style enforcement against cannabis users and small businesses.
Connecticut lawmakers are quietly advancing a pair of cannabis enforcement bills — SB 970 and HB 7181 — that threaten to turn the clock back on years of hard-fought progress toward equity, access, and justice for patients and consumers.
Connecticut just made headlines—but not for progress. Instead, it has entered the national stage for all the wrong reasons.
The Connecticut General Assembly is moving forward with one of the most extreme, unnecessary, and constitutionally dangerous cannabis enforcement bills in state history — Substitute House Bill 7181 (File No. 835). This legislation proposes sweeping new powers under the guise of enforcement — but make no mistake: this is not about safety. It is about control, surveillance, and u
Connecticut’s new cannabis enforcement bill isn’t about safety — it’s about control, punishment, and profit.
The state just created a new legal category of high-THC hemp. But is it really about public safety—or market control?
