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Final details in campaign to legalize marijuana in CT hashed out behind closed doors FacebookTwitterEmail 2of9 3of9 5of9 6of9 8of9 9of9 HARTFORD — With seven weeks left in the legislative session, the campaign to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use and retail sales is in a new, urgent phase, as the potential final details are negotiated among Democratic leaders and the governor’s office, behind closed doors. While Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal was recently approved - with some oppo...

Whether Connecticut joins New York and Massachusetts in legalizing recreational marijuana may turn on the ability of two prominent members of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican caucus to solve a puzzle of politics and numbers.

Someone has to grow the marijuana. Someone has to harvest it. Someone has to package it. And, someone has to distribute it. There is money to be made — and jobs to be created — around marketing, regulation, delivery and research, with offshoots that have no direct connection to the product at all.

While marijuana is legal for medical use in the commonwealth, it is still illegal federally, where it’s listed as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, alongside drugs like heroin and LSD. That inconsistency has created a number of challenges - and housing rights for medical marijuana patients is among them.

Will recreational marijuana be legalized in Connecticut this year? Michael Hamad, Hartford Courant HARTFORD, Conn. — Proponents of legal cannabis in Connecticut said there’s a better than average chance a bill will pass in 2021, while opponents said the old barriers still haven’t been removed. “I’m hoping there isn’t a stumbling block to passing legislation this year,” said state Rep. Steven J. Stafstrom (D-Bridgeport), co-chair of the Joint Committee on Judiciary....

    HARTFORD, Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) — Swearing in of lawmakers, organizational committee meetings, and other rituals marking the start of the state legislative session may seem a tad corny or incidental for some, but you can bet your bottom dollar that most lobbyists will be present. Count DeVaughn Ward among them. A lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project, Ward will be fighting this session to push a recreational pot legalization bill over the finish line, something ...

CT pays $250,000 to woman who gave birth in a prison cell No mother should have to give birth in inhuman conditions,” Karine Laboy, Tianna’s mother, said at a rally in New Britain in September. The State of Connecticut has agreed to pay $250,000 to the Laboy family after Tianna Laboy delivered her child into a prison cell toilet bowl while she was incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in February 2018. Laboy filed a civil rights lawsuit in March 2019, alleging she had been denied an...

[ applause ] >> sean: our conservative victory tour continues here in salt lake city tonight. as november approaches we will be highlighting conservative candidates who have the ability to reverse the course of events in washington, d.c.. my next guest is one. a marine who serveed in liberia, cuban, japan, cia officer in the mideast and washington, d.c.. joining me is idaho congressional candidate vaughn ward. how are you? >> good to see you. [ applause ] >> thank you salt lake. >> sean: you hav...

[ applause ] >> sean: our conservative victory tour continues here in salt lake city tonight. as november approaches we will be highlighting conservative candidates who have the ability to reverse the course of events in washington, d.c.. my next guest is one. a marine who serveed in liberia, cuban, japan, cia officer in the mideast and washington, d.c.. joining me is idaho congressional candidate vaughn ward. how are you? >> good to see you. [ applause ] >> thank you salt lake. >> sean: you hav...