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Gov. Ned Lamont wants the sale of recreational marijuana to start in May 2022. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT Gov. Ned Lamont met with business leaders, local officials, community advocates, criminal justice experts and other stakeholders Wednesday to discuss his plan to legalize recreational marijuana in Connecticut.
His proposal, Senate Bill 888, calls for possession of up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana by residents age 21 and over to become legal Jan. 1, 2022. Sales would begin in May 2022, subject to sales, excise and municipal taxes. Prohibition doesn t work, Lamont said, citing the underground alcohol market managed by Al Capone and other gangsters in 1920s Chicago.
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