NEWTOWN — Leaders denied a petition by a Torrington entrepreneur to lift the town ban on cannabis business and grant him permission to open a recreational pot shop on Route 25, because they had more concerns than reassurances. “Do the high prices of the dispensary encourage people to purchase on the black market?” asked David Rosen, an alternate member of the Planning and … [Read more...] about Cannabis businesses remain barred from Newtown after Torrington entrepreneur is denied