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Editor’s Note / Correction: Connecticut CannaTimes published an article on September 23 detailing Connecticut’s little-publicized state cannabis testing program at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, or CAES, and the state’s expansion into microbiological reference testing.
State records show Connecticut has operated a government cannabis testing program for years, tested more than 265 samples submitted by regulators, and planned its laboratory as an oversight operation for private cannabis labs. Now the state is adding microbiological testing for mold, Aspergillus and other pathogens using qPCR.
A federal judge dismissed a constitutional challenge to Connecticut’s cannabis licensing system this week, but not because the court found the state’s social equity rules constitutional. The ruling instead identifies shortcomings in the plaintiff’s case and leaves the door open for an amended complaint. It also raises an important question: Are there cannabis entrepreneurs who
That is the sentence imposed in a Connecticut criminal case involving psilocybin mushrooms and an alleged large-scale operation producing psilocybin and THC products.
An affiliate of Connecticut CannaTimes has launched CannaScope Lite, a new beta tool designed to make Connecticut cannabis laboratory results easier for consumers to search and compare.
Months after telling Connecticut lawmakers he wanted reforms that would help “extinguish the illegal legacy market,” Simonow was charged after troopers and firefighters broke into a non running vehicle containing two dogs at the Haddam Neck Fair
Connecticut’s cannabis industry openly honors the lawmakers and regulators who shape its market. Maybe the problem isn’t what’s hidden. Maybe it’s what we’ve decided is normal.
