The owner of Greenleaf Farms spent the weekend boarding up the storefront at his Jewett City location, the second time he has had to board up one of his businesses this month.
Connecticut State Police are investigating after a group of people vandalized the window and ran away before taking any items from inside.
“If it weren’t for the alarm they probably would have loaded up and came out with something,” said Brian Vertefeuille, owner of Greenleaf Farms.
There are five Greenleaf Farms in Connecticut that sell CBD and hemp-derived products. Earlier this month, the Norwich location was burglarized.
According to Vertefeuille, someone threw a brick through the window and stole CBD. Norwich police are investigating.
Vertefeuille said there was also an incident at his Bridgeport location three months ago. He believes that his storefronts are being targeted because people don’t understand the difference between what he sells and marijuana.
“People have misconceptions that all of these vape stores and CBD stores are now selling marijuana and that is not the case at all,” Vertefeuille said.
Made legal under the 2018 United States farm bill, Greenleaf Farms sells CBD and hemp-derived products. Those products are different than adult-use cannabis, which recently became legal to possess in Connecticut.
“It looks like weed. It’s not weed and that is what I think the general public needs to understand,” Vertefeuille explained. “CBD has 0.03% THC per…
