More Than 15,000 Dispensary Applications Submitted in Connecticut

Cannabis News World

Jun 29

More Than 15,000 Dispensary Applications Submitted in Connecticut
High Times

The state of Connecticut said last week that it received north of 15,600 applications from prospective recreational cannabis retailers, according to local news reports. Central Maine reports that "State Department of Consumer Protection figures released Friday show that 8,357 applications were submitted before Wednesday's deadline for the first six licenses that are reserved for social equity applicants—those located in mostly urban and low-income areas that were disproportionately impacted by the government's war on drugs," while the state also "received 7,245 license applications to the general lottery for adult-use cannabis retailers." The publication said that the "state did not set a limit on how many applications one entity could submit, but under its rules will not give more than two licenses to any one applicant." "The department also received 1,896 applications to become micro-cultivators of marijuana, which will allow a licensee to grow in spaces between 2,000 and 10,000 square feet (3,048 meters). Other licenses will be available to sell medical marijuana, operate delivery services, make cannabis infused food and beverages and other cannabis products, as well as package and transport products," Central Maine reported. Recreational cannabis use for adults aged 21 and older has been legal in Connecticut for nearly a year now, with Democratic Governor Ned Lamont signing legislation into law last June. "It's fitting that the bill legalizing the adult use of cannabis and addressing the injustices caused by the war of drugs received final passage today, on the 50-year anniversary of President Nixon declaring the war. The war on cannabis, which was at its core a war on people in Black and Brown communities, not only caused injustices and increased disparities in our state, it did little to protect public health and safety," Lamont said in a statement at the time. "That's why I introduced a bill…