As legal sales near, CT marijuana ‘gifting’ parties gain momentum – CT Insider

Vendor Luis Delgado, of Hartford, talks outside the High Bazaar cannabis party at 18 Crest Way in Hamden, Conn.

Hundreds of parked cars line Sherman Avenue outside the High Bazaar cannabis party at 18 Crest Way in Hamden, Conn.

The law that took effect last July 1 allows those 21 and over to possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis, and up to 5 ounces in their homes or locked in their car trunks or glove compartments.

State law prohibits exchanging anything of value for cannabis products.

“The Hamden Police Department advises that the organizers of any marijuana-related events operate within accordance of local, state and federal laws,” Detective Sean J.

Last Saturday, Accettulo spoke outside the High Bazaar’s exhibition hall in an industrial park off Sherman Avenue in Hamden.

Everyone entered through a side tent that led to the first dozen vendor tables, then through an open door into the main exhibition hall: A stark warehouse with two huge automatic doors and a tall stage where DJs were cranking Miles Davis in the hours before a live band took over.

Hearst Connecticut Media Group was invited inside, where in the main room, vendors sat and stood behind about 70 folding tables, displaying art work, T-shirts, candles, pipes and edibles.

Furthermore, it’s advocates wanting to take a little more control of bringing a fair and equitable cannabis experience to Connecticut,” he said.

State Rep.

Capitan isn’t interested in pursuing a license in the upcoming cannabis retail market.

Ned Lamont to approve recreational sales and to create a Social Equity Council to assure that some licenses will go to those under-served communities and that revenue from the recreational cannabis program will be reinvested there.

The High Bazaar gives the cannabis community an opportunity to exhibit their craft and so people who are interested in that type of medicine often come and see what’s here, you know, what’s available.

“First of all, there are no sales,” Roberts shouted out to the 100 or so people, the majority of whom were wearing face masks in the continuing pandemic, in the standing-room crowd in the Cellar on Treadwell.

“This was all built post-July 1,” he said.

This weekend, there were even more cars on Saturday parked along Sherman Avenue, including vehicles with New York, Maine and New Jersey license plates.

Mix it in with some good old cannabis, you know, and who doesn’t like cannabis on a Saturday? It’s the most-surreal thing ever.

He has won awards from the National Society of Professional Journalists and the National Press Club; several awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists; and numerous awards for news and column-writing from the state chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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