Stop the chemicals

Cannabis and hemp are the hot topic of conversation in 2020. Connecticut has had a legal medical program for seven years with more than 35,000 registered patients spending a still-undisclosed amount on a program with four wealthy corporately owned producers/processors controlling it all.

The state has started a hemp program allowing farmers to grow and process hemp here in our state. I have recently reviewed several documents related to this program and have come across an extensively long list of pesticides and other chemicals that have been “approved” for use on our medicine. This list can be found on any one of the state managed websites. Search “ct gov pesticides marijuana.” This list consists of 150 different chemicals that while some may actually be safe, I am certain many are absolutely not. Subjecting patients to these chemicals should absolutely be illegal and not licensed.

Patients in Connecticut still are unable to grow weed legally, although the local store might confuse you with its full complement of cannabis-focused products for growing both indoors and out. Some registered patients are still fighting court battles over weed growth. I think we are being bamboozled by corporate interests who care little of our health and more of their wallet. Who paid to allow pesticides on my medicine? Never again; I’m using my out-of-state caregiver who is purely organic.

Colin Souney Guilford