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With efforts to end cannabis prohibition ramping up in the Legislature, the Connecticut Coalition to Regulate Marijuana announced it has hired Kebra Smith-Bolden and Adam Wood to serve as co-directors.

Much of the discussion at the initial committee hearings focused on how to repair damage caused by the War on Drugs, which has been enforced much more aggressively in certain communities.

Lawmakers held a press conference on March 14 to explain how they intend to advance cannabis legislation in 2019.

Marijuana advocates hailed a vote by the legislature’s appropriations committee this week as a small but significant step toward legalizing the drug in Connecticut.

Residents across Connecticut are one step closer to being able to legally light up a doobie.

HARTFORD, CT — A bill that would begin planning for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Connecticut was sent to the House Thursday after narrowly passing the Appropriations Committee by a 27-24 vote.

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - On Thursday, the state’s Appropriations Committee passed a bill to develop a plan to allow recreational marijuana.

Connecticut lawmakers have advanced a recreational marijuana bill out of committee, setting up the state legislature to vote on legalizing the substance in the state for the first time.

For the first time in the Connecticut legislature, a recreational marijuana bill has made it out of committee and is headed to the full General Assembly for consideration.

The Connecticut General Assembly has held four hearings over the last three weeks on proposed legislation to legalize recreational marijuana, though time may be running short in Hartford as a legislative deadline approaches.