The House speaker pledged passage of a bill legalizing recreational marijuana in the next 7 to 14 days.
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Gov. Lamont’s cannabis bill passes out of Judiciary Committee, but not without changes
Revisions allow medical card-holders to grow their own plants and proposes that 55% of revenue go toward social-equity efforts.
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CT’s legal marijuana trade is ready to bloom
One medical pot grower just spent $7.6 million on a building with space equal to more than four football fields.
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In budget speech, a governor caught between a desire for social justice and fiscal restraint
A tension between fiscal restraint and social justice was evident throughout the governor’s budget address.
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Lamont to outline fast-track blueprint for recreational pot
Gov. Ned Lamont is proposing legislation that would permit the sale and possession of recreational pot in Connecticut in May 2022.
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Lamont administration makes its push for pot
The testimony Monday marked the first time a Connecticut gubernatorial administration has given its full-throated support for legalization of marijuana.
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As marijuana legalization falters, supporters eye constitutional amendment
The move, though cumbersome, would put the controversial issue squarely in the hands of voters.
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Judiciary Committee green lights marijuana legislation
A bill that would legalize recreational marijuana and erase the criminal records of people who have committed low-level drug offenses cleared a key committee on Monday.
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Pot legalization is latest issue debated, then tabled
The House of Representatives debated the legalization of recreational marijuana use for 90 minutes late Tuesday afternoon, only to table it afterward.
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Session Notes: Legalizing pot gets its hearing
It’s a steep climb for proponents of legalized marijuana in Connecticut. The legislature’s Judiciary Committee killed a legalization bill without even holding a public hearing this year, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy appears unalterably opposed. But the issue cleared one threshold Tuesday: It was the subject of an informational hearing.