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By Kelan Lyons and Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror In defending its vision for how Connecticut should establish a recreational marijuana market, the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont asserted common ground Friday with some of the proposal’s harshest critics, the advocates who insist on social equity measures to redress unequal enforcement of criminal pot laws. “What cannabis and the war on drugs has done to our communities is unconscionable,” said Paul Mounds, the governor’s chief of staff. “And we have to take steps to not only right those wrongs but take steps to make sure...

CTPharma staff members trim the dried marijuana flower. In defending its vision for how Connecticut should establish a recreational marijuana market, the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont asserted common ground Friday with some of the proposal’s harshest critics, the advocates who insist on social equity measures to redress unequal enforcement of criminal pot laws. “What cannabis and the war on drugs has done to our communities is unconscionable,” said Paul Mounds, the governor’s chief of staff. “And we have to take steps to not only right those wrongs but take steps to make sure th...