There is really nothing quite like starting a slow morning with a piping hot mug of black coffee in one hand and a freshly rolled joint of Purple Octane in the other. That pungent, heavy aroma of sweet concord grapes mixed with sharp sour diesel has a way of clearing out the mental cobwebs, and as I kicked back and started scrolling through the morning headlines, a recent piece … [Read more...] about Watching the Connecticut Weed Racket Face the Music
Connecticut
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Six Guys Stashing 100 Pounds of Weed
A long-running investigation into unlicensed cannabis sales across Fairfield County culminated in a major bust this week, with Norwalk police seizing nearly 100 pounds of marijuana and over $135,000 in cash from a residential property. Officers with the Norwalk Police Department’s Special Services Division executed a search warrant at a Glenwood Avenue home that authorities … [Read more...] about Where There’s Smoke, There’s Six Guys Stashing 100 Pounds of Weed
Fear and Rolling on Route 5: Curaleaf Dumps Hartford for the Meriden Promised Land
The neon glow of legal weed continues its jittery waltz across the Nutmeg State, and this time the corporate brass at Curaleaf are packing up their glass cases and burning rubber straight out of Hartford. In the grand, churning machinery of modern green capitalism, staying put is a rookie mistake. So, the multi-state juggernaut pulled the plug on its capital city outpost and … [Read more...] about Fear and Rolling on Route 5: Curaleaf Dumps Hartford for the Meriden Promised Land
State of Confusion: Connecticut Deregulates High-Octane Wax, Still Terrified of Frosty Buds
In a stroke of regulatory genius only a state legislature could pull off, Connecticut has decided that starting October 1, cannabis concentrates can finally be as skull-meltingly potent as nature—and chemistry—intended. Adult-use dispensaries will officially bid farewell to the state’s long-standing 70% THC cap on waxes, shatters, oils, and live resins, allowing extract lovers … [Read more...] about State of Confusion: Connecticut Deregulates High-Octane Wax, Still Terrified of Frosty Buds
CT’s Top 3 Cheapest 8ths
1. Shangri-La Dispensaries (Farmington / Plainville, CT) 2. Curaleaf (Hartford, CT) 3. Higher Collective (Torrington, CT) (Note: Venu Flower Collective also carries select 3.5g ground flower tiers at $19.00 on their Online Menu, and Hi! People lists 3.5g ground options starting at $20.00 on their Online Store). Note: In Connecticut, adult-use recreational … [Read more...] about CT’s Top 3 Cheapest 8ths
Court Tells Hemp Farmers: You Can’t Sue Over Shop Rules When You Don’t Run a Shop
A federal judge just completely threw out a lawsuit from a group of Connecticut hemp farmers who were trying to fight the state's strict limits on hemp-derived THC products. The farmers took Governor Ned Lamont and other state officials to court, arguing that Connecticut’s tough rules clash with federal law, which made hemp legal back in 2018. The judge dismissed the case … [Read more...] about Court Tells Hemp Farmers: You Can’t Sue Over Shop Rules When You Don’t Run a Shop
Top 3 Weed Deals of the Day
This is something we're going to start running of Friday's so everyone can go into the weekend getting the best deals possible. But since I got this all together this morning, I thought I'd post it and everyone can go get their best deal today. Best prices on an 8th in Connecticut. Bongs Away!!! Top 3 Cheapest 1/8s (3.5g) 1. Curaleaf (Hartford / Stamford) – $18.00 2. … [Read more...] about Top 3 Weed Deals of the Day
Stop Buying Weed from Smoke Shops: They Aren’t Dispensaries, They’re Bootleggers
The latest raid in Stamford, Connecticut, where police seized over 1,500 weed products from a Washington Boulevard vape shop and arrested an employee for running a drug factory, is part of an ongoing trend. Across the country, corner smoke shops and bodega counters are pretending to be part of legal cannabis. They are not. If you are buying weed, carts, or edibles from the same … [Read more...] about Stop Buying Weed from Smoke Shops: They Aren’t Dispensaries, They’re Bootleggers
Connecticut Decides Doing Milligram Calculus While Buying Weed Was Maybe a Bit Much
Leave it to the visionary bureaucrats of the Constitution State to realize that asking cashiers and stoned shoppers to compute fractions of a cent per milligram of THC was slightly less practical than just grabbing a flat cut of the receipt. Come October 1, Connecticut is mercifully euthanizing its convoluted, potency-based cannabis tax scheme, swapping out the laboratory math … [Read more...] about Connecticut Decides Doing Milligram Calculus While Buying Weed Was Maybe a Bit Much
Turns Out You Don’t Need an Eight-Year Doctorate to Hand Someone a Bag of Weed: Connecticut Finally Dumps On-Site Pharmacist Rule
Connecticut is finally stepping back from one of its most absurd regulatory holdovers, officially allowing medical marijuana dispensaries and hybrid storefronts to operate without a licensed pharmacist hovering on-site. When the state first crafted its medical cannabis program, lawmakers treated plant-based products more like compounding pharmaceuticals, shoehorning a bizarre … [Read more...] about Turns Out You Don’t Need an Eight-Year Doctorate to Hand Someone a Bag of Weed: Connecticut Finally Dumps On-Site Pharmacist Rule
