Title:
Ct.: Marijuana bills could be voted on today
Message:
Tell your legislators to support
decriminalization and medical
marijuana
With the legislative session nearing an end, time is running
out for two bills that would dramatically improve marijuana policy in
Connecticut. Bills to decriminalize marijuana and enact a medical marijuana
program could each be voted on any day now – including today.
Please take two minutes of your time to
urge your elected officials to support
marijuana decriminalization and to support
medical marijuana.
Under
current Connecticut law, possession of less than four ounces of marijuana is a
misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and up to a year in prison. The
decrim bill, SB
1014, would change the penalty for possession of less than half an ounce of
marijuana to an infraction – a civil penalty, not a criminal one.
The medical
marijuana bill, SB
1015, would exempt registered patients with serious illnesses from criminal
penalties for the use or possession of up to an ounce of marijuana or four
marijuana plants. Numerous amendments are on the table to address other means
of access for patients, including through state-regulated dispensaries, so the
final language of the bill could still change drastically.
Please urge
your legislators to support both bills – medical
marijuana and decriminalization
– right now.
Thanks everyone!
