Starting on Oct. 1, medical marijuana will be legal in Connecticut.
Although our state’s medical marijuana law was carefully designed to
minimize the risk of federal invention, the legal reality is that the
federal government can still prosecute anyone growing, selling or even
using marijuana in compliance with state law. Our state leaders should
act to protect Connecticut’s citizens, and call on President Barack
Obama to allow medical marijuana at the federal level.
Despite
the president’s 2008 campaign promise to not interfere with states’
medical marijuana programs, his administration has shown it is all too
willing to crack down on dispensaries
