The Drug War 2.0 Has Begun in Connecticut
Despite years of promises for cannabis reform, justice, and equity — HB 7181 has now passed both the House and Senate unanimously, and will become law.
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Connecticut has chosen enforcement over freedom
Arrests over opportunity
Criminalization over compassion
And once again — punishment over progress.
As the legal cannabis market collapses under corporate control and regulatory failure, the State of Connecticut has decided to revive the failed drug war tactics of the past — believing that more arrests and more law enforcement will somehow “fix” their broken marketplace.
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES — EVERY legislator who voted YES to restart cannabis criminalization:
- Fonfara
- McCrory
- Anwar
- Rahman
- Slap
- Lopes
- Kissel
- Honig
- Lesser
- Winfield
- Looney
- Cohen
- Hochadel
- Maroney
- Hartley
- Cabrera
- Osten
- Marx
- Perillo
- Gadkar-Wilcox
- Gaston
- Kushner
- Duff
- Maher
- Miller
- Hwang
- Flexer
- Martin
- Berthel
- Needleman
- Cicarella
- Gordon
- Sampson
- Somers
- Harding
- Fazio
The war on cannabis is alive and well in Connecticut — just repackaged.
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This story was originally published by Connecticut CannaTimes on Facebook on June 4, 2025 and was migrated to this website on October 16, 2026. The publication date above is the original date.
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