Who regulates cannabis retail in Connecticut?

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) is the state cannabis regulator for Connecticut. Official site: https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/medical-marijuana-program.

What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Connecticut use?

Connecticut uses BioTrack (Helix BioTrack THC) for seed-to-sale traceability. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer records to the fields BioTrack requires.

Is CannAgent available for Connecticut dispensaries?

Not yet — Connecticut is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the CT list gets you one email when Connecticut opens.

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DCP

Target: Mid 2027

Connecticut DCP-aware dispensary platform

Native compliance hooks for Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection rules. BioTrack CATS traceability (Connecticut's Cannabis and Tracking System, the DCP-administered BioTrack seed-to-sale system), the excise that CHANGES BASE on 2026-10-01 — potency-tier per mg THC through 09-30 (0.625¢ / 2.75¢ / 0.9¢), a flat 10.75% of gross receipts after — plus 6.35% state sales and 3% municipal cannabis tax, DCP reconciliation cadence, and the medical / adult-use lane separation Connecticut requires.

Regulator

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP)

https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/medical-marijuana-program ↗

We re-check this regulatormonthly— stable rules, low expected churnLast checked 2026-09-07.

Your rules, handled

Connecticut’s cannabis retail rules — what the DCP requires at the counter, how sales are reported to the state, and what the taxes are — are researched from the regulator’s own pages and coded into the register. You run the shop; the rules are handled at the sale.

At the register, as of September 2026: the state cannabis excise (a per-milligram model through September 30, 2026, a flat 10.75% from October 1, 2026), plus 6.35% state sales tax and the 3% municipal tax on adult-use sales; sales to registered patients are tax-free.

Coverage here — honestly

Connecticut coverage is written against DCP rules: the bulletins, the excise on both sides of its 2026-10-01 base change — potency-tier per mg THC through 09-30, a flat 10.75% of gross receipts after, under Public Act 26-68 §264 — the 9.35% state stack with no local-option variance, the medical-vs-adult-use 3%-municipal split, and the social-equity license-class topology from the 2022-2023 conversion. We keep it current as the DCP moves, and where something isn’t built for CT yet we say so before you sign — today that means the audit engine will not build a Connecticut filing for October 2026 or later until the gross-receipts basis is settled, because the repeal also strikes the product-class definitions the per-mg basis depended on.

Operator playbooks

Compliance ops playbook

State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline

Buyer scorecard

Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard

Migration playbook

POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries

Operations deep-dive

Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit

Connecticut cannabis retail — common questions

Who regulates cannabis retail in Connecticut?: Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) is the state cannabis regulator for Connecticut. Official site: https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/medical-marijuana-program.
What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Connecticut use?: Connecticut uses BioTrack (Helix BioTrack THC) for seed-to-sale traceability. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer records to the fields BioTrack requires.
What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Connecticut?: At the register, as of September 2026: the state cannabis excise (a per-milligram model through September 30, 2026, a flat 10.75% from October 1, 2026), plus 6.35% state sales tax and the 3% municipal tax on adult-use sales; sales to registered patients are tax-free.
Is CannAgent available for Connecticut dispensaries?: Not yet — Connecticut is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the CT list gets you one email when Connecticut opens.

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