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A formal fraud-risk review request has been submitted to the Connecticut Auditors of Public Accounts, calling for an investigation into the City of Middletown’s use of $2.5 million in ARPA funds earmarked for Main Street redevelopment.
Connecticut’s decision to move forward with scheduling raw kratom leaf as a controlled substance amounts to throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The state is conflating natural kratom (used by many to avoid opioids) with 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) — a much more dangerous synthetic or concentrated derivative. That conflation is wildly irresponsible, and I fear it will lead
Another lawsuit has landed in federal court this week — this time from a Connecticut resident arguing that the state’s cannabis licensing system is unconstitutional and discriminates against ordinary applicants.
