Lamont pushes to legalize marijuana in CT. But will it pass? Keith M. Phaneuf, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail This Aug. 22, 2019 photo shows medical marijuana plants being grown before flowering during a media tour of the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, N.Y.Hans Pennink / Associated Press Gov. Ned Lamont is positioning lawmakers for a robust debate this year on legalizing and taxing the sale of marijuana for recreational use. The administration has begun seeking agency feedback on a draft bill that would tax dry cannabis flowers at $1.25 per gram, trimmed marijuana plants at 50 cents per gram; and wet cannabis at 28 cents per gram. In addition to applying the standard sales tax of 6.35 percent to marijuana transactions, a 3 percent surcharge would be added and the revenue from this shared with municipalities.