Gee, lets think about this. Hmmm. I suppose if we're going to put a cost/benefit approach on every illegal activity, then it should logically apply across the board. So perhaps we should be allowed to speed, as long as you just don't go beyond 80? Or perhaps prostitution can be legal as long as you limit it to oral? Maybe resisting arrest is okay, as long as you don't use a weapon in doing so? And murder would be okay, as long as the one you kill is a real jerk. Yeah...something tells me that isn't going to work too well.

Sarcasm aside, it's idiotic to determine legalities based on the cost/benefit of inforcing. The police already have the flexibility to go after the 'big fish' when it comes to drug crimes vs. chasing after every nickle bag on the stree. And who cares what MA does...their roads are nearly as bad as CT, and they elect Kennedy every time...obviously, we don't want to follow their lead.

Im in agreement with this new law,I think of all the things to spend time and money on ,a small pot bust isnt one of them.
Is it wrong to be caught with drugs,YES!
But I thought we are in an econmic crisis,there is better things to spend money on.
For example,feeding CT homeless children!!
30 million dollars a year is alot of money to spend on useful things for the People!!!

I really do believe.....fact...doctor's administer pot for medicinal purposes...
with zero side affects.....just view today's advertisments for different perscribed medications....and please take note the numerous very serioous side affects.....would you need further
convincing????????

Of course this makes sense. The theater that is the war on drugs is getting too expensive. It is just a show for the conservative electorate. It has been shown that there is little if any difference in the numbers of those who chose to smoke dope as a result of the thoughtless laws. Let's get real, Enforce laws that make a difference in bad behavior, don't waste resources!
P.S. you CAN drive up to 70 on our highways with a 55mph speed limit. The cops would have to stop almost every car if they had a zero tolerance policy, and that would be ridiculously wasteful of the troopers/state resources.

Ok, let's get real. Marijuana can be bred to replace more than 75 percent of medications on the market today. There are to many people that do not understand. Look it up. There are many many uses for our so called "pot plant". The benefits are amazing. We came from the Earth. We grew up with cannabis. Like it or not, every person on Earth has receptors in their brain that are designed to intake the substance. Which means we are all part of the pot plant. The people that spend the most money in anti-marijuana legislation are the pharmaceutical companies.
We are all part of the same Earth. Marijuana should be legalized. Or at least tolerated. Granted, no one should be under the influence of drugs while undertaking majorly responsible actions, BUT... SO many people benefit from the pain reducing and appetite enhancing effects.
The first thing mankind ever needed was rope.... AKA - hemp. Whoever decided that it should not be part of our daily lives made a grave mistake that has cost millions of dollars, and most likely many lives. I will stop rambling. But, think, it grows naturally. And there are people taking drugs everywhere, for everything. Man made drugs... Ok, enough. Thanks for reading...don...

When it's all said and done, is marijuana any worse than alchohol? If not than it should be legalized, marketed, and taxed appropriately.

I know... weird line for me to take, especially since I am fairly draconian when it comes to crime and never touched the stuff myself but I honestly have never heard of someone commiting an assault or wrecking a car while stoned while innumerable such occurences have happened with booze.

1. Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?
NO absolutely not... that given the state could take initiative like california to distribute, more than meerly tolerate.

To write this law off as a cost cutting measure by our state is rediculous, it signifies a change in our thinking as a society. A society which once functioned with marijuana legally.

Full support.

Yes, absolutely. The laws are absurd. How about we also make it available to patients of chronic pain, etc. We should definitely be exploring its medicinal properties, which I'm sure are many. We have ignorance and that idiot Nixon to thank for its stigma.

This is a good start but doesn't go far enough. Medical use of Marijuana should also be allowed. My wife is severely handicapped and every one of her doctors say they would prescribe it to her if allowed. 600 people alone die per year from reactions from Aspirin (and that's just Aspirin) and countless others suffer serious side effects from medicines from the drug companies, while the worst thing that could happen if you use too much pot is that you'll fall asleep. You can't demonize a plant because it creates a mild euphoria when used, and not recognize the rest of its benefits. Hemp is not only a source of cheap pain relief, it can be used for fuel (one acre of hemp could heat four average homes per year), clothing (the very first blue jeans were made of hemp until Levi Strauss began using denim, which is much less durable), lubricants (America's air force used hemp oil during WWII to lubricate its engines) and many other things. It's also very easy on the soil that it grows in. In the 30's, Popular Mechanics called it "The Billion Dollar Crop" and devoted an entire issue to all of its uses. If the US government grew its own, sold it AND taxed it, billions would be taken out of the hands of criminals, crime would fall and the economy would be a lot healthier than it is now. It was the MOST cultivated plant in history until the 20th century when liquer lobbyists got William Randolph Hearst to fund such tripe as "Reefer Madness". There's another movie that the government has tried to shut down forever. It's called "Hemp for Victory" and tells the story of how farmers were compelled to devote a percentage of their crop to Hemp, and all of the ways it contributed to our victory. You can find that movie at internetarchives.org. Whole cities even named themselves after this crop, such as Hempstead, New York and Hemphill, North Carolina.

Jodi Rell okayed gay marriage but said no to dying cancer patients who could use this gift. THAT is the wrong message. Jesus said "It is not what goes into a man's mouth that befouls him, but what comes out." If you can't understand how amazing this plant really is, read "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer and you'll never look at Hemp the same way again.

I agree to the part that pot is a gift to help others.
In my single days of wild behavior,it helped me:)
Its proven to have medical use so it should be used for that.
It grows out of the ground,therefore God wants us to use it for ourselves for whatever reason.
It is, I think the olny drug that u can pull of the plant and smoke as is so why not just do it!

I have always believed pot should be
legalized. Put a dozen people in one
room with alcohol and another dozen in
another room with pot. Those with alcohol are getting louder and more
boistrous and prone to violence while
the room with pot smokers is calm and
jovial with no anger. Ofcourse the pharmacutical companies don't want it
legalized. Many would rather smoke pot
than take meds that threaten their lives. Pharm. might lose lots of money.
Too bad this country doesn't wise up
and take a que from our past. Growing
HEMP could create income for this country. It has many uses.

i agree... not for one faint second are the streets of connecticut any safer because one ounce of weed was pulled off the street...

and the paperwork, administrative costs to prosess through the CJ system is astounding... get a grip people, there are far more important issues to deal with in connecticut... tax it, controll it, fine it...

Legalize it.....slap a big tax on it...it's a harmless plant! Alcohol is worse.

yes Don,

but how will Pfizer be able to afford all those private jets, copters, limos if we are able to medicate ourselves and even grow it for free


Hemp was legal, it was paper, all of our money was printed on it, Levi's, Canvas, rope etc etc it was all hemp


then came Hearst

Hearst wanted to use his forests- trees for paper at his newspapers and make millions

Dupont was making plastics, yes Hemp can be made into a non toxic plastic that is stronger than plastic

plastic comes from big oil

hemp oil can be used as fuel, in fact Rudolph Diesel made his diesel engine to run on it, not big oils #2 fuel

we truly have been led astray in the name of profit and evil


see the History Channel DVD on drugs in America, the Marijuana segment, it covers all of that and even names the Senator Hearst bought to get hemp illegal

it was called "reefer madness"

all of Hearsts papers started running stories that every crime was commited by a person on pot


did you know they started calling it marijuana to give it a bad name, it sounds more evil than hemp

Wendy you make a great point

never saw someone down a case of pot and beat their wife and kids


always with alcohol

I fully support imposing fines instead of treating smokers like bad people who dont care about anything, we're not causing trouble looking for the next buy.. If anything were in bed half the day. I HAVE ZERO CRIMINAL RECORD, I also have been on antibiotics for over 2 years FOR LYME DISEASE (which the government helped release off of plum island) and with all the symptoms ive been plagued with, and the effects of harsh antibiotics every day.. Smoking truly allows me TO EAT AND TO FUNCTION. Hows my grammar for you?? My intelligence still astounds me, it can only make you as dumb as you want to let yourself.. I go to colllege, I work full time. And I deserve to be locked up for a personal choice?? I deserve to worry about my privacy being violated and property taken? Thats a sick reality for such a harmless plant, my parents are alcoholics, this plant does nothing to destroy lives and kill people like alcohol and cigarettes do, and research is proving the only way its known as a gateway drug, is because snooty people categorize it as being bad just like other hard drugs.. So people say forget it, i may as well try that stuff too.. Marijuana prohibition has created PROBLEMS for society, in a never ending vicious cycle. Tax us, regulate as, and only sell to certain ages. We probably wont have as many ignorant oblivious drunks all over causing trouble and killing people.

The candy companies and potato chip companies should push for legalizing pot because man-oh-man, I could down a huge bag of M&Ms after smoking pot like there was no tomorrow!!

Okay, seriously, one time I had horrible menstrual cramps - just awful. No Tylenol could touch it. My sister-in-law had pot, so I took a few drags. Within 10 minutes, my cramps were completely gone and didn't come back. You cannot tell me that there isn't a medicinal purpose.

I do tease that I've lost some brain cells to pot, but honestly I think it's just being 45 that loses brain cells.

Yes, this definitely would be a good law to pass. As someone else said, marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol- although there CAN be side effects, among them is a condition called Depersonalization which can be brought on by marijuana use.

However, many things have consequences that are up to us whether we want to partake in them or not. Also, abortion is legal because women don't want the gov't to tell them what to do with their body. I've never understood why that doesn't include what drugs you wish to utilize.

Join the fight! Bongtvlive.com! Join the stoner army! Bongripper!

Yes, I do think that being caught with a small amount of personal use marijuana should be a fine and not an arrest. I'm not a pot user myself but with the cost to the state to actually follow through on the arrest and court costs, I think the money saved as well as earned with the fines could be put to better use in this struggling economony.

A person should have the right not only

to possess up to an ounce but to grow

there own and pay a tax too do so. This

would help the economy both localy and

globaly. Wake up CT, people smoke and

they should not be penalised for it.

I've been a recreational user of marijuana for a couple of years now. Im my experience pot is benign when compared to alcohol, and so many other manufactured pharmicutical drugs. I think that citizens found to be in possesion of less than an ounce should be fined. NOT arrested. Furthermore, if this law is passed why not take the next step and try to legalize the plant all together. The state would be saving money by not prosecuting the everyday 9-5 citizen as well as potentially generating revenue. From my point of view I would be more than willing to spend the money on government regulated pot. I feel like this is a step in the right direction to decriminalize something that has been around since before recorded history.

I think it is about time we do the right thing! Free up our judicial system and make money, very wise. Now legalizing it for agricultural reasons, fiber for paper and cloth, and natural resins for fuel, now we are really thinking. This country was built on marajuana, all our founding fathers grew it. legalizie it, TAX IT!

I think that we spend too much money and resources on such a unimportant legality that it is rediculous. Legalize pot and tax it!

Well done. CT is behind the times.

Wake up Governor... Thi$ can help everybody !

Follow MA.

Way to go CH 8 !

You deserve an A +

Arturo
+++

Note - Enforce driving under the influence. This is NOT lealization...

Well, the war on drugs has worked the last 40 years, hasn't it?

smoking weed is something that millions of people do daily, whether they have been arrested for it or not.. if massachusetts saved money by only fining people with under an oz on them then i'm sure connecticut will save more money too.. which also means more time. more time to figure out how they can go out there to find all the crackheads and heroin addicts and coke feins who really deserve to be put away, not all the innocent citizens who are trying to get high because they have a back problem..

From some views it can be seen that way i suppose, but in reality i doubt it has, and i doubt thats the case.. cities look worse and worse and worse in certain areas.. and i dont believe marijuana is a drug, its not refined and processed like others.. and i do believe its been known and used as a natural plant since before recorded history, our founding fathers grew it and utilized it in beneficial ways..Yes thomas Jefforson was one.. So this PLANT doesnt have much to do with the previous comment in reality...

the previous comment refers to the comment made by "get real".

full support from me.

i'm in total agreement with TMoney and Chet...save 30 million in prosecution and generate money by taxing it...seems like a win-win for all 9-5'ers who just want to relax after work...we're not out doing criminal activities while high on a little pot...get with the times ct...high times that is...

If you're going to only give people a ticket for having an ounce or less, why not just go ahead at this point and legalize having an ounce or less? Without fear of arrest, more people are going to carry and use it. Legalize it, sell it, tax the hell out of it, and make money for the state.

That works for me but make a big fine go along with it. Say $2000 for the first offense and increase it by $2000 for each additional offense. At least the state could make some money off it.

I think that a marijuana law here in CT, like the one recently adopted in Massachusetts, would be a TERRIFIC idea, and, no, I am NOT being facetious. Tobacco is legal, alcohol is legal, why not pot? Pot is no worse than alcohol or tobacco.

I've always favored the LEGALIZATION of pot for ANY reason, whether medicinal or recreational. But, a law like the one Massachusetts passed -- the DECRIMINALIZATION of the possession of an ounce or less -- is the next best thing.

It just makes sense.

It's telling kids the absolutely wrong message. These are lawmakers that have used pot or worse and are just trying to make it legal so that background checks on them come out the way they want them to be. If one has just "a little pot" on them, I would question where the rest of it is.

C'Mon People, open your eyes! Marijuana is a harmless "drug" that also serves many useful purposes. The medicinal qualities of the plant are endless, the enjoyment of the herb is great and it can make this state/country tons of money! Why spend time arresting people and spending money on them when you can make money by issuing tickets rather than arrests. De-criminalization would be a big step in the reform of marijuana laws. Once we take this first step, everyone will realize how profitable it actually is. The next step would be to legalize it. With cannabis legalized, the government can earn money through mass distribution (eliminating small time dealers)and think of the tax money that is there to be made, Endless!!! Let's unite and realize that even though it's a small step, it's still a step. LETS DO IT CONNECTICUT!

Hemp was a major crop back in the day. President Jackson had hemp crops for different textiles. He is quoted to say that he does enjoy smoking it. You can use hemp for building materials. The stringy fibers and its own sticky glue like substance was great for making better then plywood or particle board. The oils from the seeds you would be able to turn into gasoline. And yes for medical reasons. Seriously would you want to become chemically dependent on Oxycontin morphine or even methadone? Pot doesn't give you the horrible side affects of man made drugs and it is an all natural pain reliever. I was so hoping Rell would have listened to Montel and others who have nothing but awesome things to say about pot. I can see like an eight ball of cocaine or something yeah but such little amounts of marijuana to get the same sentence as someone who was found with 2 grams of crack. It doesn't make any sense. Think of it this way Man made beer and addictive medications God made pot which is completely natural. Make pot legal sell it with a sin tax and the deficit would be wiped clean in like 3 years come on government get out of Duponts ass and make hemp and pot legal.

I'm in support. This will free up the court rooms to prosecute the real trouble makers in our society. Plus, there will be added revenue for the state. Maybe the money can be used for home heating help to the ones like me who work for a living, make too much money to qualify for heating help, but don't make enough to make ends meet.

I suffer from major migraine problems. I've tried every type of migraine drug out there, suffered their side effects and still did not reduce the headaches and pains. But give me two puffs, and it's back to normal living. I can't afford to go out and buy some, so I hit up a few friends of mine who I know smoke. Sure wish I could afford it, don't know how the ones who are living off my tax money can afford to be druggies.

It makes perfect financial sense to change the law. Law enforcement should spend money on crimes that really matter, and to take dangerous people off the streets.

Medical use is a no brainer, but in addition, personal use should also be permissible. It should be viewed the same way as a person who makes their own wine.

Those who object and say it will lead to harder drugs are wrong. Just because a man drinks a glass of wine doesn't mean he would want to consume a bottle of straight gin.

Currently and since 10/91 CT has had a Tax on Marijuana and controlled substances to offset the cost of prosecution. Used by law enforcement you are basically taxed for your offense and is added to your fines and such....( click the link) Didn't know this until today thought I would share, pass it to the left....

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Full support from me. It's about time. Not just decriminalization but approve it for medical use also, it can help many people. My wife has glaucoma and it helps her.

I believe that marijuana should be decriminalized. People should be able to posess a small amount for their own use and be able to grow a small amount for their own consumption. There are people in prison because they smoke marijuana. That is rediculous. They are people like you and me that are tax paying,law abiding citizens. Neither the state or the federal gov. should have the right to imprison a good, good person for wanting to use marijuana. Honestly now people.

why don't we legalize prostitution while were at it theres more money in that

I would rather someone walk in my home with a permenant smurk on their face from pot.
Than a drunk and all the triping falling pukeing and nagging that goes with the drinking.
The Constitution was written on hemp.
Rope on ships are made of hemp.
They used hemp rope to hang criminals.
Food cloths shoes.
It is quite versitile.
My Dad used it for his Bagpipe drones(thread)to hold them to the goat.
It smells alright.
I never saw anyone violent from it,booze yeah.
I think would eat it.
I am not sure about smoking it tho.
Mabe I would,if it were legal.
It is as old as the hills.
My Aunt told me about it.
How they baned it to promote Pulp from trees.Hurst!
So we could save alot of trees therefore more air to breath.
The hemp farmers are waiting to go to work as soon as the ban is lifted.
You would think they would spend their time and money on the unsolved rape cases.
~Peace Glenna~

Treat marijuana just as alcohol and cigarettes. Make it legal, tax it and monitor it. Is smoking bad, yes. Should the public be aware of the dangers yes. Do I smoke it, no thank you. But I do drink so who is to say I am any better than the guy/gal who smoke a joint after work. Conservatives are ruining any chance for change.

To the person "john good" who made the comment: "why don't we legalize prostitution while were at it theres more money in that" are you really that off touch from reality from a smoker? Im starting to wonder if non smokers sound less educated then smokers at this point.. because logically prostitution can kill people and spread around aids, clep, hepatitis, and anything else you can think of.. Ill be damned if i could end up with an issue like that from a plant.. and ill be damned if i was you, because it sounds like your not intelligent enough, in that you may need to actually seek a prostitute-with a confident statement like that, and ill be damned if i was you because it sounds like your not logical enough to at least wear a condom in a shady dangerous situation like that. What a truly out of touch statement once again with no basis or informed reasoning whatsoever.

CT has already followed MA and their sick way of life on other issues, and now we have become the San Francisco of the east coast! You do this, you will be inviting drug dealers and even more sickos in this state. Let MA do their thing and have the sickos go there. I am already seeking out new territory in New York State due to CT laws that favor wrong doing and sick behavior.

CT is weird. It is a snobby place, but yet very lberial, yet very stingy with it's money, yet the cost of living is high and we get taxed on everything. If CT politics were not so corrupted so that only the rich and the usual crowd keep staying in office, I would run to do something. I would have a better chance of running for office if I did move to NYS. Ask Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

The war on drugs is a sad artifact of the nixon era . Its about time we stop this madness of prohibition and let law enforcement concentrate on real crminals.I aggree to tax it and treat grass like tobacco and alcohol,although its not as toxic. This is a billion dollar business that can stimulate domestic economies

I don't smoke pot, I tried it when I was a teenager but never thought much of it. I have had 4 operations on my back and 2 disk fusions. I take so many STRONG drug everyday just to make it through the day on a somewhat normal life. I take a drug called fentanyl and a few others for the pain, I may try pot to see if it works better. I would feel safer taking that than all the other drugs because they ALL have side effects. I think they should let us use it for medical reasons. It is better than booze !!!

this wouldnt invite drug dealers into this state in response to "james" plenty of people know that all it takes is one person to talk and say you smoke.. or if this was passed, plenty of people would still know that people talk and say you possess more then an ounce.. or people would eventually talk and say your a dealer, which would obviously still be illegal and investigated and probed.. once again, this isnt a true drug, its an un-processed plant that doesnt make people oblivious and uninhibited.. In short, this doesnt invite dealers and sickos; which is an ignorant and insulting, uneducated thing to say, the same laws would still apply, and the same hesitation from possible punishment would be quite the same for/from these upper level people. Be realistic, too many ignorant statements from people who have not the least clue or honest, educated, and rational approach... if you havent tried it once your opinion has barely any bearing, period.

Spoken Like True Pot Heads. What exactly is this need to get high for anyway? That is the problem that needs to be addressed.

HARP AND LOONEY-SAYS IT ALL

With all the opponents on freedom in this Nation to choose for yourself.
How can you choose if you don`t have the rite.
There are opponents on same gender marrage,opponants on abortion.
The Bible is where these ideas come from.
No pork
No tatoos
No divorce
Do this do that.
And every seed bearing herb is yours for food.
I don`t think anyone reall knows their rites.
You can go to church read the Bible,yet try to do something in the Bible and the laws of the land(lords)throw you before a judge and in jail for following the Bible.
Jesus sets us free and you are chained as soon as you listen to any of the others prophets rules.
In nations where Jesus isn`t Lord God.
They are considerate of one another.
This Hebrew book can set you free or kill you.
Wake the heck up.
It is only an herb.
There are bigger issues in the world.
Asprin is legal and I don`t see folk lined up in the shops to buy it.
If it were illegal it would be tabo and everyone would want it.
same with pot,take the sport out of it by makeing it legal and it wont be such a big deal.
Who is anyone to tell anyone what to do.
They are all strangers to me.
Would you like me to tell you what to do and what not to do.WEEEEEELL I DON`T THINK YOU DO!
Then why do strangers tell you what to do and what not to do,have you no brains for yourselfs?
~Peace Glenna~

I really think this a very poor decision. Pot is illegal and makes you impaired just like alchol. Someone driving under the influence of drugs is a danger. Passing this law is letting kids think this is an acceptable thing to do

The law on Alcohol being legal is teaching the kids this is the acceptable thing to do.
~Peace Glenna~

LEGALIZE IT!
We have bigger fish to fry.

to "aaron" the "need to get high, that needs to be addressed" is a much better need then drinking and not knowing what u did the night before and ending up in jail for it, or smoking a cigarette which does nothing for you, but kills you.. there is a need, and mine is a medical reason, and this has true benefits for many people, so there actually is a need, unlike either of the previous 2 mentioned socially accepted drugs.. and to "kathy" this isnt the first time ive seen someone take this law out of complete context.. driving under the influence of marijuana is still an arrestable offense in massachusetts, and logically im sure, i, or anyone would expect the same here.. enough mis-information already, please and thanks.

When I'm on vacation I like to relax. Guess where my Tourism spare change is going to this year. Massachusettes! I don't drink or smoke cigarettes. It has not lead me on the path to hard drugs.
Connecticut should consider that when they hopefully pass this money saving law. I bet a lot of other people like to relax on vacation.
Since this law has passed in Mass. I haven't heard anything on the news like "Refer Madness" going on so I think our neighbor is okay. No spike in crime, accidents, assaults etc.
Everyone live and let live and get a life.
I don't care if you drink, smoke cigarettes, have an abortion, look at porn, have a religion etc.. just don't bug me. I don't think it's the pot smokers with the problem. I don't think I have ever heard anyone being too high to drive.
I agree-- not for the minors but they will eventually try it. If you tell them it's super bad they are gonna think "This isn't so bad, what else have the adults been lying about?"

Sure cure for anorexia with the munchies!, side affect.
~Peace Glenna~

Wake up!

Leave people alone. Save money. Who cares if some guy is puffing in his basement?

If kids want to use drugs, they will. Legislation is not a significant part of their decision tree.

Although I'm not a smoker of anything myself, simply put, I believe it is just plain contradictory for alcohol and tobacco to be legal, but not pot. They should all be treated the same way. If pot is illegal, then alcohol and tobacco should also be illegal. But, alcohol and tobacco are NOT illegal, therefore, neither should pot be illegal. One is no worse than the others. Case closed.

For ANYONE THAT DOESNT AGREE WITH THIS NEW PROPOSITION: Let it be known, that the following statement is one hundred percent true through proper references and research (Do your own)... In every emergency room in america, there is cocaine, to be used for the purpose of treating a severe nosebleed, there is also of course morphine. And this plant called marijuana that does so little to affect the lives of other people, and so much to benefit people, and people like me with a medical ailment.. This plant is still illegal and banned from medical recognition.. Its time to stop snooty politics, and look at whats compassionate, moralistic, and realistic. Thanks.

Tobacco and alcohol kill combined kill more people in a year than pot has since, well, ever. Yet both are legal, regulated and taxed and extremely popular. No explanation of why this is so yet pot, a relatively harmless substance, remains lumped in with heavier things like heroin and cocaine has never been adequately explained.

It's like we didn't learn the lesson of Prohibition - outlawing it meant that only the outlaws profited, since the demand never decreased. The War on Drugs has been nothing more than a very expensive failure. Legalize it and tax the bejeezus out of it, and you'll put the dealer out of business.

Majority rules. Legalize it now !

It seems only fitting such a law would be passed. Why not add one more thing to the moral decline of the united states.It hardly seems fair that I have to show my drivers license and be treated like a dope addict if I want to purchase some Sudafed for a stuffy nose and the real druggies go around hassle free.

i think the change in laws will open the eyes of perfectionist who think a little green is wrong. man made beer, god made green! one love

Damn hippies ... you had your 3 days of Peace, Love, & Music in August '69. The party is over.

some people are too damn immature and disrespectful, jerk.. sudafed is used to make something that kills people and is evil..*meth*. this is a plant we're talking about, and your insulting and immature opinion obviously comes from a lack of experience in life and rationality. all these degrading remarks come from people with no cooth or clue. get your heads out of your behinds. peace, love, and music.. yeah why would the world have something that sounds as serene and calm as that for three days (in our lifetime).. the world couldnt use that right about now or anything...

People are going to smoke pot reguardless of the consequences, its their body, their money, their stupidity. You are not going to stop them, so why waste resources trying? I do agree its terrible, but I also know people who get in trouble and keep right on with their previous lifestyle.

why does everyone that is not in agreeance with this proposition have to be insulting and degrading right off the bat? the ignorance seems to have no boundaries, state a factual opinion instead of acting like that please, its ridiculous and only hurts your cause.

That's because the "anti-weed" crusaders have no case. They cannot make any valid argument so they resort to name-calling, that's all they can do.

Hey ellipsis ... why not pick a name and use it? May I suggest "TOOL"? It seems approprate ... because only a tool would believe Gov't work on Plum Island gave you Lyme Disease. My guess is you were in the woods doing something unnatural ... and took some deer ticks with you.

Do you really think our Gov't is responsible for the other two strains of Borrelia found mostly in Europe? Or that as far back as 1883, a Polish physician studied patients who showed similar signs of what we call Lyme Disease today?

Now everybody sing along:

Don't bogart that joint my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint my friend
Pass it over to me

Roll another one
Just like the other one
You've been holding on to it
And I sure will like a hit

i dont believe my tick came from plum island and never said that, i worked doing landscaping and since have ended that. Do a search online and see what kind of coincidental facts you find about its studies there and how when it was first recognized in the u.s. in lyme 8-12 miles from the island, one of the first kids infected was sent to the island for treatment and came back like a new person, all better... do some research, i didnt blame the government for different strains in europe, im not an idiot, and i didnt say the government let it happen on purpose.. after reading about it the supposed theory is: infected ticks released on the island attatched to birds who flew to the shore and deposited the ticks.. i dont even know why ive indulged in this anyway.. this has nothing to do with the blog, you just sound like your working for somebody and have an obligation to defend something as trivial and off subject as that...delayed reaction.

I HAVE TO ADMIT THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST LAWS IN CT HISTORY AND GREAT FOR OUR STRUGLING ECONOMY AM A POT SMOKER MY SELF AND GUESS WHAT WAS MY FIRST CRIME I EVER HAD ON MY RECORD POSSESION OF WEED AFTER THAT IT WAS A DOWN FALL WHY RUIN THE FUTURE OF YOUNG AMERICANS AND OLDER BY MESSING THERE FUTURES BY STAINING THERE RECORDS FOR LIFE WITH SENSELESS ARREST THAT JUST COST MORE MONEY TO THE STATE WHEN THERE ARE REAL CRIMINALS ON THE LOOSE LIKE KILLERS AND RAPEST AND THEIVES AND CHILD MOLESTERS I BET NOT ONE PERCENT OF THEM USED OR WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HEMP AND WHATS WORST CIGGARETS AND ALCOHOL WHICH ARE RESPONSABLE FOR MILLIONS OF DEATH WORLD WIDE BUT YET STILL LEGAL SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A LITTLE POPULATION CONTROL COMMON WAKE UP AND LET THE CHOICE BE OURS !!TOTAL SUPPORT

plants or pills DRUGS ARE DRUGS

visitor: I like my bumper sticker better: Gas, Grass, or A$$ ... Nobody Rides for Free

If this is what we find acceptable now, what will we find acceptable in say 15 years. It seems as though as America is losing her morals.

plants or pills drugs, are drugs.. good comment.. because cigarettes, alcohol, and dunkin donuts are drugs.. america losing its morals?? how so when were telling people this plant is so terrible, so terrible that people who gave it a chance seem to say forget it if this is bad i do bad things.. so i may as well try something harder and riskier, ..thats whats currently happening.. basically your saying that if people try alcohol or regularly drink, then theyre very likely to try heroin or something.. does that sound right to you? no. Its the truth- and thats what your implying, so just be realistic and logical and legalize it. alcohol kills people and destroys personalities and families. herb just makes u shut your mouth and enjoy peace.

Smokers Please, if you are so peace full why are ya getting so upset at people for stating their opinion?
I for one do not want my children thinking just a little drug is ok. There is plenty more where that came from and you know it.Do you think the dealer only carries an ounce? To compare and contrast alcohol and pot is silly.

The dealer will go to jail and have surveillance on him the second someone talks or sees something, that aspect will be unchanged.

this law aims to show a sense of reason towards people like me who have zero criminal record, and there is plenty more people who dont act like criminals.. and nobody has been getting upset, just presenting facts and healthy debate. and to say alcohol is better then pot is silly insane.. how many people die from drunk driving? alcohol makes you oblivious, heavily impaired, incomprehendable, and combative.. your telling me through a lack of experience on your end that pot does the same or worse to you then that as far as being under the influence of either/or? It presents NO problems to people near someone under the influence of marijuana other then second hand smoke, nobody beats the crap out of anybody, or swears and yells, or loses inhibition and kills someone either by accident through impairment or in the heat of the moment from combative effects, people who have smoked keep to themselves.. period. alcohol is known for the opposite, is physically seriously addicting, and kills people everyday as a direct result of its chemical properties, etc.

I was not implying through lack of experience that alcohol is better than pot. I simply said to compare and contrast them is silly. People who drink in excess are dangerous not only to themselves but to others. People who smoke pot can be as well. For you say nobody beats people or yells and swears if they smoke pot is just not true.Drugs and alcohol affect every human body differently. That alone makes them so dangerous.To say pot is better than alcohol is equal to saying it's better to get hit by a train than to die in a plane crash. DUI does not always mean alcohol .

Never in my existence have I ever been around anybody that has turned angry or combative after smoking, i see what your saying with everyone reacts differently, but in my broad experience with people and different places, im going to have to say with that, that its extremely extremely unlikely anyone will have a reaction from ingestion of pot thats detrimental to those around the person under the influence. Almost everyone just acts quiet because theyre worried someone will notice blood shot eyes, nobody acts crazy and throws themselves out to the chance of standing out and getting caught.. It sounds like you've never smoked once in your life, so please try it right before you write back again, im sure you wouldnt say/think the same things and youd see the vast difference from the dangerous intoxication of alcohol. comparing and contrasting them is far from silly.. if you have the life experience, its something you wouldnt understand as far as pot being illegal and booze not being so, far from silly. and noone said you can smoke and not get arrested for DUI, if this law passed id expect that to stay the same.

and to make that "silly" train and plane comparison, that may work if your trying to imply that evetually some day youll die from over-use of either, alcohol will give you cancer or eat your liver, and the only way youll die from pot is lung cancer-even though its not really proven that will actually happen... Your comparison has nothing to do with what were talking about though- as far as immediate effects heres a better one- pot is like riding a mountain bike down the road real slow and maybe hitting and getting stuck in a pot-hole in the road, alcohol is like driving a ferrari down the road real fast and unintelligently, and then crashing into a pole half way down the road.

Wow! If I ever try it I'd buy it from the same dude you did . Remarkable saga. LoL

How bout that.. its ragingly obvious you've never tried it once and are absolutely clueless, in that case your opinion hasnt really mattered much in the manner youve expressed it, it has had zero logical bearing, just typical text book mother talk.

your gonna tell me you have the life experience to actually make a logical comparison between alcohol and pot? no you dont, period. Ive tried both.. You have no reason to make a majority of most of the statements you have. Your just spouting out socially accepted propaganda and thinking your justified in your strong words and comparisons because thats what you were taught in school, etc. Alcohol was prohibited and it didnt work.. Im sorry your parents drink it so you think its not big deal, Get real, your fighting way too hard against something your clueless to, im sorry all you know is snooty political nonsense and stereotypes. Ive been around alcohol and pot to be able to make confident statements on either end of the fence, thanks.

your gonna tell me you have the life experience to actually make a logical comparison between alcohol and pot? no you dont, period. Ive tried both.. You have no reason to make a majority of most of the statements you have. Your just spouting out socially accepted propaganda and thinking your justified in your strong words and comparisons because thats what you were taught in school, etc. Alcohol was prohibited and it didnt work.. Im sorry your parents drink it so you think its not big deal, Get real, your fighting way too hard against something your clueless to, im sorry all you know is snooty political nonsense and stereotypes. Ive been around alcohol and pot to be able to make confident statements on either end of the fence, thanks.

HUH??? After reading this post, it sounds like you were smokin' something when you wrote it.

not too much confusing about that, except i left out one word "a" with "not a big deal".. and to clear it up, i was drinking. so there ya go. that does it.

When I listen to the adds for medicinal drugs and the side affects,stroke,heart attack,death,diabeties,kidney failer,ect,I wonder how pot can be illegal when I never heard any of these side affect from pot.
Then I wonder if I can put an add on t.v. for something that can cause the side affect the medicinal drugs cause.
Then I wonder if the rumors that the drug companys lobby for a monopoly and keep pot illegal.
There are photos of famous folk smoking pot,where are the photos of the abortionist,yes I oppose abortion.
For me,I had my baby.
I don`t oppose pot for anyone,includeing me if they would make it legal.
If it stops pain with such few side affects I want some.
If I had some when it was illegal I couldn`t relax because I would think I was getting busted.
~Peace Glenna~

people that talk bad about pot, knows nothing about it. It is an absolute joke how it is still illegal, but I know that it will never be legal. Maybe one day our state will lower the penalty of possessing marijuana to just a fine, which would be a great thing. It is not a gateway drug. I have smoked before, took another drug in my life. What does smoking do to you? Relaxes you. Thats it. So many people go to jail for smoking pot, and I think it is absolutely ridiculous. I am a college student and I smoke pot, keep my grades up, and still live my life to the fullest. GET A CLUE AMERICA.

sorry. left out a word in my last post. NEVER took another drug in my life. and no i am not high.

As you watch the Governor's address to the state about our 2 billion dollar budget deficit, make sure you snooty fairy land people all keep telling yourselves that we need to keep putting people in jail and spending tax money for putting away simple p0t smokers, even though they hold jobs and go to school like i do, and have no indication of being criminals.. Keep telling yourselves its worth it and is beneficial to all of us, especially in these rough times.. Makes a whole lot of logical and moral sense. Really.

Some of the posts sound like the people are either drunk or stoned. You are still going to get fined for havingt and my guess is after so many offenses you end up in court anyway. Ever hear of the old saying if you them an inch they take a mile.I think it will lead to even more arrests.If you think this post is about you You're paranoid. Oh yes it does cause that!

More people have died this year from peanut butter then marijuana.

They should, get with the time's.

They should,It would sure save the state alot of money.

What does DARREN think about this subject ?????

Im sure Darren thinks that he'd rather not say anything or state any opinion since his paycheck and food for his family comes from WTNH.. I dont see it likely he'd say anything and risk becoming a victim as fallout from our current law.

Hopefully Governor Rell will sign it into law before the Dead plays Hartford! It is a step in the right direction. I am glad that my vote last year has resulted in some common sense legistlation. Hopefully the slippery slope will allow people to grow their own or buy some that gets taxed by the state like the other plant material that millions of people smoke.

You can give your child cows milk in public but don`t give it Mothers milk in public.
Smoke tobbaco but not marijuana.
Eat this don`t eat that.
Go here but not there.
Drink alcohol.
Eat sugar and rot your teeth.
Who is giveing orders that are plain common scence.
Law makers are makeing decisions that cross the line.
Don`t kill
Don`t steal
Don`t lie
Honor your parents
Don`t want after your neighbors good
Forget about adultry
Love God/God is love
Remember to rest on the Sabbath the holy day
Don`t make idols
Where does it say don`t smoke.
I am not a smoker,but can`t hold anyone and say don`t smoke,these are not the decions law makes are suppose to make.
The law makers get bored and make these laws.
The pulp pushers lobbyed, made up a propaganda movie reefer maddness,because we used to use hemp in place of pulp,pulp/trees,and deforestation in ruining out atmosphere,we can use hemp again for cloths paper goods/hemp goods.
Put marijuana in your spagetti sauce.
it should cure anorexia with the munchis side effect.
If marijuana was avalible the young wouldn`t get on bad drugs huffing and crack and heroin,and don`t say it leads to it,pushers lead your children to try addictive drugs so the have steady customers and a steady income,make marijuana availble and stop forceing the kids to play around with paint cans and other toxins.How many accident do people get in drunk,plenty, well what about when they smoke pot,not too many.
None of my friends died of pot and I have been around for fifty years,the pasters daughter was killed by a drunk driver.
~Peace Glenna~

-----------LEGALIZE------MARIJUANA---------. Never mind the state of Ct,how about the United States as a whole ? California ,Maine, both are already engaging in medical marijuana dispenceries.The U.S is in how many billions deficit ? Turn the U.S. into lets say a Amsterdam #2 and walla we generate billions in tax revenue .Just seems so retarded that none of the POLITICIANS who have contributed to our nations downfall cant see the writing on the wall! Sad part is i seriously doubt any of us will ever see this happen .Instead we will overcrowd prisons with pot dealers / users .I in some ways am happy its illegal , that way we wont clear up our deficit just to throw all the tax revenue to the war or Haiti ,meanwhile many of our children in the U.S are going to sleep hungry. Tyranny is when we fear the government ,Liberty is when the government fears us ............... and please like eggplant in charge doesnt smoke? ..... Ha ! IM MOVING TO CANADA (THE REAL LAND OF THE FREE ) WAKE UP YOU FU--ING GOODY-GOODY POLITICIANS OR ELSE A NATION LIKE NORTH KOREA WILL SEE TO IT THAT NONE OF US WAKE UP AGAIN ! 4:20 TO THE DAY I DIE!!! ANARCHY THE ONES WITH THE MOST G-NS ..WILL.. WIN ,NOT THE ONES WITH THE MOST MARIJUANA DUMBASSES !

IF YOU WANT FREE WEED JUST BECOME A POLICE OFFICER ,THEY STEAL IT ALL THE TIME BELIEVE ME MY BROTHER IS A COP !

i say we legalize weed in ct its not fare it comes from the eath this is just a nother reoson to put people in jail its not right god is on our side