By Local news station WFSB reports The facility, which is being built in New Britain, Connecticut, will be “close to five schools, some less than a mile away,” according to the statement.
New Britain locals are concerned about its proximity due to the stench to be expected from the new growing centre.
“How do you explain what that smell is to children who want to play outside? What should teachers do?” [the schools] Explain to students that the city is more concerned with their income than their health and well-being.” station.
“I am not against marijuana. We know the good and the bad of marijuana. It is to have such a facility in the community where you live. Quoted by WFSB.
However, because “the proposal still passed with the amendment that developers must install and maintain an odor control mitigation system approved by the Public Health Service.”
“They say an odor control plan will be submitted to the city,” said the builders behind the project. by station.
Legal recreational cannabis sales began in Connecticut last month after Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill ending the ban on potbacks in 2021. The Associated Press report State-approved “stores in Branford, Meriden, Montville, New Haven, Newington, Stamford and Willimantic will be open to the public on day one,” and two other clinics “in Danbury and Torrington.” was scheduled to open later.
“That is why I am introducing legislation and working hard with our legislative partners and other stakeholders to create safe, regulated markets that prioritize public health, public safety, social justice and fairness. We have created a comprehensive framework for GDPR that will help eliminate unregulated and dangerous markets and support new growth sectors of the economy that create jobs,” Lamont said at the time the bill was signed. “We will allow adults to own cannabis, regulate its sale and content, train police officers on the latest techniques to detect and prevent driving deficiencies, and those who have committed certain cannabis crimes,” it said in a statement. By expunging the criminal record of the .”
On the day that legal sales began in Connecticut last month, Lamont called it a “turning point in the corruption caused by the war on drugs and, most notably, to replace the dangerous and unregulated underground market for cannabis.” There are legal means,” he said. sale.
In addition to laying the groundwork for a regulated retail cannabis market, the new law put thousands of Connecticut adults on the path to clearing their records.
Lamont announced in December that about 44,000 low-level marijuana convictions would be dismissed in the new year.
“On January 1, the cannabis legalization bill passed last year will automatically revoke low-level cannabis convictions for thousands of people in Connecticut,” Lamont said. “Employers in Connecticut, in particular, are trying to fill hundreds of thousands of job openings, so old beliefs about low-level cannabis possession should not get in the way of pursuing career, housing, occupational, and educational aspirations. not.”
