A coalition of business and law professionals has formed the CT Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, a new body with the goal of lifting up and supporting the state’s new legal industry.
The CT Cannabis Chamber of Commerce announced its formation earlier this month. It is being led by Deborah A. Caviness, co-founder of the Southern CT Black Chamber of Commerce; MacDermid Reynolds & Glissman Attorney Daniel Glissman; and Adam Wood, principal of Hartford advocacy firm City & State Public Affairs.
To kick off the new effort, the chamber will host an virtual informational event at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, for new and hopeful cannabis business operators to get an overview of the industry. More information can be found online at the chamber’s new website, www.ctcannabischamber.org.
“Legalization brings enormous opportunities for our state residents and, in particular, those communities most negatively impacted by the war on drugs,” Caviness said. “The chamber will help connect these communities to opportunities through training, education and by helping to bring together those already successful in the industry with those looking to enter it.”
According to information from Wood, the CT Cannabis Chamber will be an informational hub for people in and entering different parts of the industry, from cultivators to packing companies. The founders of the chamber come with cannabis law experience.
Caviness served on the Governor’s Cannabis Social Equity Advisory Committee, which helped develop a legislative framework for how the industry would be regulated in Connecticut. As an attorney, Glissman has represented legal cannabis industry clients in Massachusetts and now Connecticut. Wood worked with the Marijuana Policy Project to advocate for cannabis’ legalization in the state.
