HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — In Governor Ned Lamont’s proposed budget, legalizing recreational marijuana. The tax revenue from which is expected to help boost the state’s coffers.
RELATED: Gov. Lamont delivers 2021 budget address
If it goes through – and that is a big “if” because the governor put it forward last year and the state Congress didn’t vote on it – this year, he says there is a lot of hope that recreational marijuana will make it in because it can generate a lot of money.
“It would be foolish to leave those revenues on the table,” said Adam Wood from Connecticut Coalition to Regulate Marijuana.
The Connecticut Coalition to Regulate Marijuana says now is the time to legalize. Many states in New England have already passed it, and New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing it this legislative session.
“A recent study done by the University of Connecticut shows legalization could bring about 19,000 new jobs, and it could generate about $200 million in year-end revenue,” Wood told News 8.
And some feel Gov. Lamont’s proposal doesn’t go far enough because it limits the amount of marijuana you can possess and doesn’t allow people to grow at home.
Attorney Aaron Romano, a marijuana advocate said, “It should be legal to grow and you should be able to possess it in unlimited quantities. We don’t have…
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HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — In Governor Ned Lamont’s proposed budget, legalizing recreational marijuana. The tax revenue from which is expected to help boost the state’s coffers.
RELATED: Gov. Lamont delivers 2021 budget address
If it goes through – and that is a big “if” because the governor put it forward last year and the state Congress didn’t vote on it – this year, he says there is a lot of hope that recreational marijuana will make it in because it can generate a lot of money.
“It would be foolish to leave those revenues on the table,” said Adam Wood from Connecticut Coalition to Regulate Marijuana.
The Connecticut Coalition to Regulate Marijuana says now is the time to legalize. Many states in New England have already passed it, and New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing it this legislative session.
“A recent study done by the University of Connecticut shows legalization could bring about 19,000 new jobs, and it could generate about $200 million in year-end revenue,” Wood told News 8.
And some feel Gov. Lamont’s proposal doesn’t go far enough because it limits the amount of marijuana you can possess and doesn’t allow people to grow at home.
Attorney Aaron Romano, a marijuana advocate said, “It should be legal to grow and you should be able to possess it in unlimited quantities. We don’t have…
