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Changing the culture around cannabis in Connecticut

Post author By Hannah Mirsky
Post date May 12, 2023
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A surgical complication in 2010 almost led Duncan Markovich, the owner and co-founder of the CBD store Better Ways in Brandford, CT, to lose his left leg. He began using cannabis therapeutically to relieve pain and treat nerve damage. After the 2018 Farm Bill descheduled some cannabis products from the Controlled Substance Act, Markovich and…

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CT cannabis businesses have high hopes that legalization will create new jobs

Post author By Michael Clement
Post date June 1, 2021
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The legalization of recreational cannabis in Connecticut is no longer an if, but a when. Illustration by Michael Clement.

Connecticut’s leaders are some of the latest in the United States to become infatuated with commercializing cannabis as a way to generate tax revenue. States have been more open to legalizing cannabis for adult use after seeing the public demand that could raise millions in taxes. The average amount of tax revenue the eight states…