Cannabis and Psychedelic Mushrooms. Seven People. Twenty Felony Counts.
Connecticut legalized cannabis. Seven people connected to an Ansonia cannabis event now face a reported 20 felony counts involving cannabis and psychedelic mushroom products.
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Crisp Cannabis President Charged With Animal Cruelty After Dogs Left in Locked Car, Police Say
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
OpinionRegulators
The Pequot Compact Shows the Licensing Barriers Were Always Manufactured
For years, the state treated cannabis licenses like golden tickets. Limited licenses. Lottery windows. Application fees. Social Equity Council reviews. DCP bottlenecks. Ownership audits. Residency tests. Income tests. Backer scrutiny. Management agreement restrictions. Years of delay.
SEC Executive Director Brandon McGee Added to the Statewide Cannabis and Hemp Enforcement Board
Connecticut lawmakers quietly inserted a major cannabis power shift into HB 5222.
AnalysisThe Legislature
O'Dea on Greenhouse Mold, Pesticides and Why the Legacy Market Hasn't Gone Anywhere
O’Dea is pointing directly at cultivation concerns in the regulated market and acknowledging a reality policymakers rarely say out loud: the legacy market hasn’t gone anywhere, for a reason.
AnalysisPatients & Testing
The State's Enforcement Argument Against the Caregiver Bill Just Collapsed
In 2025, Connecticut officials opposed expanding caregiver and patient cultivation under HB 5429 for one primary reason:
OpinionEnforcement
Connecticut's Dispensaries Have a Messaging Problem
Connecticut’s legal cannabis industry has a messaging problem.
AnalysisPatients & Testing
The 'Hybrid Conversion' Story: Dispensaries Are Expanding Their Customer Base, Not Saving Medical Cannabis
Over the past year, Connecticut cannabis companies have increasingly claimed that converting recreational dispensaries into “hybrid” locations serving both adult-use customers and medical patients is about compassion and expanding care.
Cultivator Challenges Connecticut Licensing as Unconstitutional in New Federal Suit
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.
InvestigationMoney & Influence
Federal Probe Ties Cannabis Consulting, Nonprofit Grants and Political Power
A sweeping federal grand jury investigation into state-funded nonprofits and political favoritism in Connecticut is exposing deeper links to cannabis licensing, questionable grants, and influence-peddling—centered around Senator Douglas McCrory (D-Bloomfield) and his longtime associate, Sonserae “Cicero” Hamlin, operator of the startup nonprofit SHEBA (Society for Human Engagem