The week in CT news: Recreational cannabis, baby bivalent boosters, Randy Cox settlement talks

Frankie & Johnny

The week in CT news: Recreational cannabis, baby bivalent boosters, Randy Cox settlement talks

黑料吃瓜网 Radio | By Frankie Graziano,

Published December 9, 2022 at 2:39 PM EST

A bumblebee is seen on a flowering CBD cannabis plant in a greenhouse at the CBD cannabis production company Phytocann near Ollon, western Switzerland on May 19, 2021. - France will allow products containing cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychotropic molecule in cannabis that is said to have relaxing properties, but the sale of dried flowers and leaves will remain prohibited.

Frankie & Johnny is a weekly recap of news you need to know from around 黑料吃瓜网. Each Friday, 黑料吃瓜网's Frankie Graziano and John Henry Smith take you through the headlines and get you up-to-date on the stories you may have missed 鈥� in less than five minutes. This week Frankie & Johnny explain:

State officials say the sale of marijuana for recreational use will begin in 黑料吃瓜网 on Jan. 10, 2023.
Federal regulators announced this week they are authorizing omicron-targeting bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for children aged six months to five years.
The City of New Haven says it is starting settlement discussions in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Randy Cox. Meanwhile, the five city police officers charged with reckless endangerment and cruelty for neglecting Cox after he was partially paralyzed in the back of a police van appeared in court Thursday.

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