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Crime & Punishment: Greenwich Man Grabs 12-Year Old Boy, Demands Marijuana

By Nick Keppler — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:15:00 EST

Right before Superstorm Sandy hit, Sam Zherka, owner of the Farmington Hills apartment complex in New Britain, slipped notes beneath tenants' doors implying the city would charge them $500 if they called 911, reports the New Britain Herald. Zherka was apparently mustering up opposition to a proposed ordinance that would fine landlords of properties that rack up a large number of nuisance calls. However, matters of immediate danger are excluded, said city officials, and the law would fine landlords, not tenants (and not at a rate like $500 a call). "People's lives were deliberately put at risk in order to build opposition to a common sense proposal," said the mayor's chief of staff. (Zherka, a real estate entrepreneur, was in the news last May when Charlie Sheen threatened to sue him over the "Charlie Sheen Room" of his Manhattan strip club, Cheetah's, where patrons can eat sushi off the skin of dancers, a practice the actor apparently enjoys.)

Marijuana wins big in Colorado, Washington and Massachusetts

By Gregory B. Hladky — Wed, 7 Nov 2012 10:50:00 EST

There were big victories in this election for marijuana advocates, with Colorado and Washington voters approving recreational use of pot and Massachusetts signing on to legalization of medical marijuana.

Connecticut Prepares For Medical Marijuana

By Gregory B. Hladky — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:35:00 EDT

Move Over 4/20, here comes 10/1

This Oct. 1 could be nicknamed "Medical Marijuana Day" in Connecticut.

Yale Study Warns Pot Could Be Gateway Drug After All

By Gregory B. Hladky — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:52:00 EDT

You know all those studies showing pot really isn't the "gateway" drug to harder stuff like heroin and coke? Now there's new research by Yale University School of Medicine dudes indicating that marijuana use might lead to prescription drug abuse.

High Times gives UConn high marks for marijuana activism and reforms

By Gregory B. Hladky — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:15:00 EDT

It's probably not the kind of "Top of the Nation" ranking that University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst would want, but it's making some marijuana reform student activists real happy.

Medical Marijuana Supporters Urged to Call CT Senators

By Wayne Dibner — Wed, 2 May 2012 15:31:00 EDT

Medical Marijuana is almost upon us in Connecticut, but the bill could still get shot down without public outcry. Now is the time for supporters, particularly potential legitimate patients, to call CT state senators and (intelligently) tell them why you support it, and explain to them that as your representative you would like them to vote in favor of the bill. It is scheduled to be voted on this Friday, May 4.

Budding Business: Medical marijuana will mean major money for Connecticut

By Gregory B. Hladky — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:15:00 EDT

Medical marijuana looks to be coming soon to Connecticut, and when it does it's going to be big business.

Connecticut medical pot activists set 4/20 as "Hemp Day" to rally the troops

By Gregory B. Hladky — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:35:00 EDT

Some advocates of the medical marijuana legislation now winding its way through the Connecticut General Assembly are organizing a state “Hemp Day” on 4/20 (as in Friday April 20th) to help drum up support for the bill.

A Rhode Island medical marijuana operation could be what CT growers will emulate

By Gregory B. Hladky — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:25:00 EDT

It was hot under the intense lights of the mini-grow room where more than a dozen of Andrew Giangreco's medical marijuana plants were flourishing.

Pamphleteers for Pot

By John Stoehr — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:00 EST

A new short book argues that drug laws are the leading cause of death in the world's most dangerous city

There has been a trend lately in book publishing that looks back at its radical political past. I’m talking about pamphleteering and I’m a fan. These are books small in length and modest in format that are written and edited with laser-precision on some vital topic of the day.