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Connecticut “Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday announced five members of the 15-member
Social Equity Council, which will play a key oversight role in licensing adult-use cannabis companies in Connecticut.

In a statement, Lamont said Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategies Executive Director Kelli Vallieres, Department of Consumer Protection Interim Deputy Commissioner Andrea Comer, Department of Economic & Community Development Commissioner David Lehman, Office of Policy & Management Secretary Melissa McCaw and Joseph Williams, an international trade specialist for the Connecticut Small Business Development Center at UConn, will serve on the SEC.

"The carefully selected and well-qualified Social Equity Council will play an important role as Connecticut’s cannabis marketplace… [and] will support a new equitable sector of our economy," Lamont said.”

Lamont names 5 members to ma*****na industry’s Social Equity Council Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday announced five members of the 15-member Social Equity Council, which will play a key oversight role in licensing adult-use cannabis companies in Connecticut.

“They determined: “We find little compelling evidence to suggest that RMLs result in increases in illicit drug use, arrests for part I [violent] offenses, drug-involved overdoses, or drug-related treatment admissions for addiction. … Our findings provide key evidence evaluating the ongoing, occasionally contentious, political debate on legalizing ma*****na use, and inform whether recreational ma*****na use is a ‘gateway’ to addiction to harder drugs and criminal behavior.””

Analysis: Adult-Use Legalization Laws Not Linked to Increases in Violent Crime, Problematic Substance Abuse - NORML "We find little compelling evidence to suggest that [legalization] result in increases in illicit drug use, arrests for part I offenses, drug-involved overdoses, or drug-related treatment admissions for addiction.”

“Boston, MA: The enactment of adult-use ma*****na legalization laws is associated with immediate reductions in opioid-related emergency department (ED) visitation rates among men, according to data published in the journal Health Economics.

A team of investigators from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and the University of Pittsburgh assessed the relationship between ma*****na legalization and opioid-related ED visitation rates in 29 states over a six-year period (2011-2017). Four of those states enacted adult-use access during the study period, and researchers compared trends in these legal states with trends in the remaining 25 states.

Authors reported that ED visit rates fell nearly eight percent among males (ages 24 to 44) during the first six-months following the enactment of legalization laws. However, these reductions dissipated in the months that followed and were no longer significant within one year.”

Enactment of Adult-Use Ma*****na Legalization Associated with Immediate, But Temporary Reductions in Opioid-Related Emergency Room Visits - NORML Opioid-related hospitalizations fell nearly eight percent among males during the first six-months following the enactment of legalization laws.