Connecticut has been removing prior marijuana convictions for the vast majority of people who apply since a recent state Supreme Court decision. Associated Press reports: Connecticut judges have granted more than 80 percent of requests to erase marijuana possession convictions since the state decriminalized small amounts of pot in 2011, state Judicial Branch records show. Superior Court judges have approved 32 of 39 petitions to erase convictions for marijuana possession in the past four years,…

Officials from Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), which has been charged with organizing the state’s medical marijuana program, heard compelling public testimony Monday morning as the department prepares to establish rules regarding dispensary operations. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a medical marijuana bill into law last May, and the state began accepting applications for medical marijuana licenses in October. Unfortunately, there are no dispensaries currently operating in the…