Connecticut cannabis social equity agency followed ‘questionable practices’

The agency that oversees Connecticut’s cannabis social equity funding and license approval is a dysfunctional workplace with no strategic plan, a state audit shows.

After a nearly four-month investigation, the office of state Comptroller Sean Scanlon said the Connecticut Social Equity Council (SEC) didn’t provide proper guidance to social equity license applicants and sometimes gave conflicting advice, according to NewsTimes.com.

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“We saw questionable practices and procedures that troubled us as the fiscal watchdog office of Connecticut,” Scanlon said during a news conference.

In June, Gov. Ned Lamont stopped the distribution of about $33.4 million in funding and ordered an audit “in response to complaints from members of the state’s legislative Black and Puerto Rican Caucus and other stakeholders.”

Although Scanlon said the

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