Greed—-They are all still fighting over the cut, meanwhile markets in mass , ri & ny continue to grow and generate revenue for their states.

Politics

It was the same in all the other states that legalized too. Takes a long time for the regulatory shit to get sorted

Everything done by the state of CT takes forever lol

Seemingly too much politicking over the social equity council

Bribes aren't done yet.

Oh, I see someone already posted 'Politics'. Sorry, didn't mean to be redundant. ;)

The state government is still working on making sure the large multi state corporations will be the only dispensaries allowed.

These companies sell moldy trash buds with blatantly fake THC percentages.

Greed and politics. Gonna try to get the most taxes outta it. Also some towns are fighting against having them in or around them.

What is the best spot in MA for legal bud?

Not just generating revenue for their states, they are getting a lot of it from CT residents. I go up to Mass once a month and drop a couple hundred bucks that could easily be going to a local CT shop. Multiply that by the few thousand people who do the same thing and CT is missing out on a lot of potential income from marijuana sales.

Edit: typo

I like Jack's

Gotta grease the wheels

Save yourself some money, drive up to portland maine and buy in bulk. it's so much cheaper there that it's worth the drive

Why I advocate for growing your own whenever possible

Rhode island just legalized at the end of may and recreational sales start on 12/1.

I know. On a recent trip to a mass dispensary CT cars outnumbered other state license plates …

Equity is not achieved overnight!

Thanks for that

It is absolutely ridiculous. I'll take the bus once a month to South Station MA to purchase edibles. That money could easily be going to CT.

It was the same in MA. I moved from CT to Boston after they legalized expecting lots of recreational access. Had to get not so legally for almost 3 years before they actually had recreational.

If that actually happens so quickly I'd be really surprised but good for them if it does

I read about this. I don’t know why CT isn’t doing the same. There doesn’t seem to be a clear reason as to why.

Also the applications for Hybrid closed in May and still no word on them whatsoever. Seems like they are purposely stalling for some reason.

Fun fact - Vermont just started recreational sales THIS MONTH which is 4 years after they passed recreational use laws.

The first laws addressing medical marijuana in Vermont date back to 2004, which was 18 years ago...

Potheads aren't known for their motivation.

We spend that a week in MA. We don't mind because we make a family trip out of it. Too bad the state can't get their shit together though. Just us alone is easily over $1200/month after taxes.

Can’t wait to spend $70 on some mid 1/8th!

I can take a while, but states like VT who have also legalized it are also really dragging their feet.

...and corporate payoffs

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Apparently not. Been trying but people haven't had the quality we want. We also like variety. Concentrate is a must as well.

We did have a connect for a minute but she's too bat shit to deal with anymore. She was okay quality at a decent price. Mainly she always had variety and consistent and that's what kept us dealing with her nonsense. We are open to more local peeps and prefer it. We just don't want stupid bullshit drama with it.

I think it will.

At first all their medical dispensaries will sell recreationally.

Followed by additional dispensaries being added.

They also let people grow their own the day the bill was signed by the governor.

Which is what should have happened in CT.

CT is too corrupt for that

Like everything else that has government oversight it takes time for the process.

They are trying to figure out how to "Eversource" it!

They suck. I’ll just keep buying from my friend who grows it herself.

Same thing happened in Massachusetts when we had it legalized it took almost 22 months for the first sale to happen its just the legislators figuring out the specifics down to the last dot for it, don't worry it'll happen before you know it :)

Time seems to go slower when you are stoned

It took almost three years from law to store open in Maine. Part of that was the pandemic, but still. It took awhile to get protocols in place. Worth the wait tho.

If they can’t open shops they should at least allow farmers market/vendor type of events. It’s very clear with how the medical market is set up that social equity is not going to happen and that all these huge corporations, some of which are sketchy and produce bad products, get first bid.

It’s terrible because like legal weed is awesome and they’re clearly just sucking so badly with everything. Legal cannabis is great. Corporate weed sucks . It’s gonna be shit in these shops.

No growing outside either? Fuck you.

This is not what we voted for.

I’m grateful they legalized at all. Thank god Lamont did it . Listening to the two special sessions was fucking terrible… republicans tried so hard to stop it from happening.

So I’m grateful and happy it’s legalized and will continue to enjoy the shit outta it but these are my complaints lol.

People in illegal states can’t bitch about this so I feel privileged.

It may as well already be a thing. My smoke shop has been openly selling it for the past year

Just grow your own

There are no dispensaries open in NY yet. It’s the same story there.

RI also doesn’t have any open yet.

Did you mean to just say Mass?

Yes. And New Jersey

The funny thing is if you look at other states that legalized and how long it took them CT is going about average speed.

The answer is quite simple, the longer it takes, the more advantage the multi state operators have. They have said this openly themselves.

Vermont did allow grow your own instantly for rec, meanwhile CT only allows it for med.

If your spending that kind of money look into driving out to Western NY to the native american stores where ounces are like $60 with no taxes or fees.

who says potheads? are you like 70?

They're constructing a DUI task force first.

Bro Western NY is like 6 hours away.

I think I'll probably keep going to theory until I hear CT catches up. Theory started slow , but now you're in and out the door, unless you want to dilly dally. When they started they were all cute getting you to smell it , weighting in front of you. Now it's like an 1/8 of this and 1/8:of that bam out the door.

I thought it was coming soon, like beginning of the new year. Honestly can't see why the hold up outside of bureaucratic incompetence.

As people have stated. All the states around have introduced it, so we are losing potential revenue for something people already buying and legally possessing.