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Ritter pledges passage of marijuana legalization bill in special session

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas June 9, 2021 @ 12:36 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 6:01 pm

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

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons April 6, 2021 @ 5:30 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:57 pm

Revisions allow medical card-holders to grow their own plants and proposes that 55% of revenue go toward social-equity efforts.

Marijuana under cultivation indoors where light, temperature and humidity are controlled.
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CT’s legal marijuana trade is ready to bloom

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas February 15, 2021 @ 5:00 amJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:56 pm

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

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas February 10, 2021 @ 12:00 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 3:47 pm

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

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas February 10, 2021 @ 8:09 amJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:52 pm

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

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas March 2, 2020 @ 7:59 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:52 pm

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

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso May 20, 2019 @ 6:37 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:57 pm

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

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jenna Carlesso and Keith M. Phaneuf April 8, 2019 @ 6:09 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:52 pm

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

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf June 6, 2017 @ 8:29 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:57 pm

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

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas April 5, 2016 @ 7:14 pmJuly 5, 2022 @ 5:52 pm

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.

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