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Advocates say 2021 will be the year Connecticut finally approves the legal recreational use of marijuana by adults. State lawmakers had argued legalization would go against federal law. But a landmark vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances gives advocates a boost.
The U.S. House voted to regulate and tax cannabis sales for the first time earlier this month. There is no indication that the U.S. Senate would take action, but that has not dampened the optimism of advocates like Fred Carstensen.
“We are going to get federal decriminalization and effective legalization of recreational marijuana in the next few years,” Carstensen said.