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The proposed cannabis law critically needs three health-based adjustments We are united behind facts, not opinions On July 15, 2015, my world was changed forever. My beloved son Evan went to heaven. He died of a drug overdose at the age of 24. To honor my son, I started a parent support group in September of 2016. Our group has met every week, with a goal of bringing hope to parents with children affected by addiction. Most of the parents describe cannabis as the primary drug that has caused their children –who are typically age 18 to 25 in our group– to become dysfunctional. Specifically...

The number of retail, or non-professional, investors has grown exponentially in the U.S. throughout the pandemic. Large retail trading sites such as E*TRADE, TD Ameritrade, and Charles Schwab saw their number of new users increase by 103% compared to last year. At the same time, Robinhood had 3 million new accounts opened in the first quarter of 2020, almost double the first quarter of 2019. Half of Robinhood’s 3 million new accounts reported themselves as first-time investors. Teenage and young adult first-time investors with little to no knowledge are putting themselves at risk throug...

Cloe Poisson :: CT Mirror.org “Heroes Work Here” is spelled out in large letters at the entrance to UConn Health in Farmington in recognition of the health care workers who are on the front line during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Healthcare heroes,” “We love our healthcare workers,” and large red hearts line the lawns throughout Connecticut. Now one year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, news coverage is filled with language like “back to normal” and “when this ends.” In the past 20 years, we have lived through SARS, H1N1, MERS, and Ebola. Experts like Dr. Anthony Fauc...

Connecticut must lead the way in protecting the right to vote Currently the state has among the most restrictive voting laws outside of the south. New Haven Independent As states across the country attempt to roll back voting rights and protections, Connecticut must lead the way in protecting the right to vote. But Connecticut has a lot of work to do – as the Center for Public Integrity recently observed, Connecticut has among the most restrictive voting laws outside of the south. Communities of color in Connecticut routinely face long lines and other obstacles when voting. It’s past time...

Time to pull the plug on auto-renewed third party electric contracts! AARP Connecticut has worked for over a 17 years to address and rectify the fraud, misleading advertising and unscrupulous practices that have plagued and undermined Connecticut’s deregulated third-party electric market place. This has frequently resembled a game of whack-a-mole with a new scheme or trick popping up every time AARP and other consumer advocates knock down a deceptive supplier tactic through legislation or a Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ruling. John Erlingheuser Ratepayers in Connecticut pay the hig...