Principal of CPS Loses License, Dispensary Still Operating
The Principal of CT Pharmaceutical Solutions loses his license, but CPS remains operational. I understand the supply issue for the program if CPS was to immediately close, but how can the State of Connecticut allow such activity without pulling the license immediately. This is a heinous violation. With an already overly-complicated system in place for patients, you have a grow facility who already maximizes on a monopoly based program, funnelling cannabis to the black market? How is allowed! Patients are already hurting to pay the high prices of medicine. Blackmarket pricing is half, sometimes less expensive than an offering at the dispensary. Where is the compassionate care, patients need grow rights.
CT PALLIATIVE USE OF MARIJUANA State Law
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(H) Establish health, safety and security requirements for licensed producers, which shall include, but need not be limited to, a requirement that the applicant or licensed producer demonstrate: (i) The ability to maintain adequate control against the diversion, theft and loss of marijuana cultivated by the producer, and (ii) the ability to cultivate pharmaceutical grade marijuana for palliative use in a secure indoor facility;
CPS is in clear violation of the law. People should be concerned. We have a legislature that did not support Cannabis Legalization, MMP issues, Veteran Access Issues etc this session. Do you think we need change? We are in a deficit, where lawmakers are kicking the can down the road. Problem is, during the next two years we, the citizens, are to bear the hardships. How many services are still affected?
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If you are concerned, please let your voices be heard. Contact the DCP: email, dcp.mmp@ct.gov or call 860-713-6066.
Portland PD Releases Details About What Led To Arrest Of Medical Marijuana Facility Owner
As reported by Christine Dempsey the Hartford Courant :
The principal of a Portland medical marijuana dispensary who was arrested on drug charges last month was seen in what appeared to be a “hand-to-hand” exchange of marijuana with another employee,, police said.
Andrew Bozzuto, 54, of the Northford section of North Branford, was works at CT Pharmaceutical Solutions, a marijuana production facility in a small industrial area of Portland, in the shadow of the Arrigoni Bridge.
On Oct. 2, Bozzuto turned himself in on a warrant charging him with illegal manufacture, distribution, sale, prescription or dispensing and illegal possession, police said. He also surrendered his medical marijuana employee license.
According to Portland police, the state Department of Consumer Protection alerted them to a complaint about Bozzuto on June 30. Investigators learned that, the day before, Bozzuto had entered the facility’s “cure room,” removed marijuana from various bins, put them in what appeared to be a paper towel and placed it in his pocket, then left the room.
Bozzuto left the building, police said, and a short time later backed his vehicle up in the parking lot and stopped.
“There appears to be a brief, hand-to-hand exchange of an item with another employee,” police said in the release.
The Drug Control Division of the Department of Consumer Protection worked with Portland police on the investigation, according to the agency’s spokeswoman, Lora Rae Anderson. DCP officials said Bozzuto voluntarily surrendered his license within about two weeks of the agency receiving the complaint.
Although he surrendered his individual license, the company, which produces marijuana for medical purposes, is still operating. A lawyer for CT Pharmaceutical Solutions said this week that the company is cooperating with police.
State records on Friday still listed Bozzuto as the principal of CT Pharmaceutical Solutions.
Anderson said the facility was awarded a license in January 2014, one of four such operations to start up since the medical marijuana program started in Connecticut.
On Friday, Anderson said that to her knowledge, no one else has been arrested in the case. No one else has surrendered his or her license either, she said.
Courant Staff Writer Nicholas Rondinone contributed to this story.
H/T: Originally reported the Hartford Courant
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