{"id":1480,"date":"2012-03-08T08:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T08:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=12836"},"modified":"2012-03-08T08:42:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T08:42:45","slug":"legislators-in-connecticut-consider-medical-marijuana-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/legislators-in-connecticut-consider-medical-marijuana-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislators in Connecticut Consider Medical Marijuana Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/legislators-in-connecticut-consider-medical-marijuana-again\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"427\" height=\"292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/connecticut.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"connecticut\" title=\"connecticut\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12843\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/legislators-in-connecticut-consider-medical-marijuana-again\/attachment\/connecticut\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/connecticut-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>While most of the focus from the major news outlets yesterday was on the Super Tuesday results, patients in the northeast may have been even more engaged in another development.\u00a0 Connecticut residents may find relief as state lawmakers are again proposing a medical marijuana program.<\/p>\n<p>Previous efforts to legalize medical marijuana in Connecticut have failed, however advocates feel they have addressed the issues that led to political failure. \u00a0The executive director of the Connecticut branch of <a href=\"http:\/\/norml.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NORML<\/a>, Erik Williams, has reportedly said that a newly proposed bill would be the best in the nation if passed.\u00a0 Marijuana cultivators would have to submit to a detailed licensing process.\u00a0 The bill would require dispensaries to have licensed pharmacists either present or on call which Williams claims is a key difference between this and past legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Erik Williams is not the only one who senses a different political environment for medical marijuana in Connecticut.\u00a0 State senator<a href=\"http:\/\/ctsenaterepublicans.com\/home-kissel\/\" target=\"_blank\"> John Kissel<\/a>, (R-Enfield) said \u201cFor some reason, even though this is a short session, I think this is the year.\u201d\u00a0 Another state representative,<a href=\"http:\/\/cthousegop.com\/john-hetherington\/\" target=\"_blank\"> John Hetherington<\/a>, (R-New Canaan) backed up Senator Kissel\u2019s feeling.\u00a0 In 2007, a bill made it through the state legislators only to be vetoed by former Governor Rell.\u00a0 While the current governor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.ct.gov\/malloy\/site\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel P. Malloy<\/a> has not commented on this new bill, his spokesman Andrew Doba said, \u201cThe governor has said in the past that he supports the concept of the palliative use of marijuana for debilitating illnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Momentum seems to be in favor of patients residing in Connecticut as many state legislators and the governor seem to support medical marijuana.\u00a0 If Connecticut legalized medical cannabis they would join several northeast neighbors.\u00a0 Rhode Island, New Jersey, Vermont, and Delaware have legalized marijuana (<a href=\"http:\/\/medicalmarijuana.procon.org\/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881\" target=\"_blank\">click here for all states with legalized marijuana<\/a>) while states such as New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland (<a href=\"http:\/\/medicalmarijuana.procon.org\/view.resource.php?resourceID=002481\" target=\"_blank\">here is a list of all states with pending marijuana legislation<\/a>) have pending legislation that could start medical marijuana programs in those states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"427\" height=\"292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/connecticut.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"connecticut\" title=\"connecticut\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12843\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/legislators-in-connecticut-consider-medical-marijuana-again\/attachment\/connecticut\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/connecticut-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>While most of the focus from the major news outlets yesterday was on the Super Tuesday results, patients in the northeast may have been even more engaged in another development.\u00a0 Connecticut residents may find relief as state lawmakers are again proposing a medical marijuana program.<\/p>\n<p>Previous efforts to legalize medical marijuana in Connecticut have failed, however advocates feel they have addressed the issues that led to political failure. \u00a0The executive director of the Connecticut branch of <a href=\"http:\/\/norml.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NORML<\/a>, Erik Williams, has reportedly said that a newly proposed bill would be the best in the nation if passed.\u00a0 Marijuana cultivators would have to submit to a detailed licensing process.\u00a0 The bill would require dispensaries to have licensed pharmacists either present or on call which Williams claims is a key difference between this and past legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Erik Williams is not the only one who senses a different political environment for medical marijuana in Connecticut.\u00a0 State senator<a href=\"http:\/\/ctsenaterepublicans.com\/home-kissel\/\" target=\"_blank\"> John Kissel<\/a>, (R-Enfield) said \u201cFor some reason, even though this is a short session, I think this is the year.\u201d\u00a0 Another state representative,<a href=\"http:\/\/cthousegop.com\/john-hetherington\/\" target=\"_blank\"> John Hetherington<\/a>, (R-New Canaan) backed up Senator Kissel\u2019s feeling.\u00a0 In 2007, a bill made it through the state legislators only to be vetoed by former Governor Rell.\u00a0 While the current governor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.ct.gov\/malloy\/site\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel P. Malloy<\/a> has not commented on this new bill, his spokesman Andrew Doba said, \u201cThe governor has said in the past that he supports the concept of the palliative use of marijuana for debilitating illnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Momentum seems to be in favor of patients residing in Connecticut as many state legislators and the governor seem to support medical marijuana.\u00a0 If Connecticut legalized medical cannabis they would join several northeast neighbors.\u00a0 Rhode Island, New Jersey, Vermont, and Delaware have legalized marijuana (<a href=\"http:\/\/medicalmarijuana.procon.org\/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881\" target=\"_blank\">click here for all states with legalized marijuana<\/a>) while states such as New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland (<a href=\"http:\/\/medicalmarijuana.procon.org\/view.resource.php?resourceID=002481\" target=\"_blank\">here is a list of all states with pending marijuana legislation<\/a>) have pending legislation that could start medical marijuana programs in those states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,506,1515,1516,56,9,51,299,70,1,3,61],"tags":[2632,3080,4083,4084,2636,2631,2877,5,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}