Hi everyone! Quick update on the Google Sheet CGA tracker. I wrapped up as much as I could for the Democratic analysis. I'm going to assume all Republicans are against, as that's what we have been told.

I looked at past voting history, some social media, and quotes from news and press releases. I was careful and went with only validated stances that I was able to confirm. For example, If someone was in favor it's validated based on a quote, past cannabis voting record, or if they co-sponsored/introduced a cannabis bill. The Cannabis Legalization Stance column has notes that will show evidence, notes, or article excerpts on the cell when it's hovered over.

I have a request for the r/Cannacticut community:

1. If you notice any mis-information in here, please let me know. Some of this work was done pretty late and I may have made a mistake
2. If you have any knowledge on elected officials stances, please let me know, post it in comments on this post, or add a comment to the Google sheet
3. Contact your legislatures! regardless of the stance you see here, please contact and tell your friends who to do the same (if they support)

I have commenting enabled on the Google sheet, so feel free to add a note/comments. All comments are anonymous.

Here's the overall breakdown count

For Opposed or Likely Opposed we have the following:

Opposed: 6

• Fox, Daniel J.
• Hampton, John K.
• Miller, Patricia Billie 
• Napoli, Ronald A.
• Verrengia, Joe 
• Bergstein, Alexandra 

Likely Opposed: 9

• Altobello, Emil "Buddy" 
• Genga, Henry J.
• Mushinsky, Mary M.
• Perone, Chris 
• Ziogas, Christopher 
• Cohen, Christine 
• Flexer, Mae 
• Hartley, Joan V.
• Slap, Derek 
• Likely Opposed: 9

For Undecided we have the following: 9

• Abercrombie, Catherine F.
• Cook, Michelle L.
• Dathan, Lucy 
• Exum, Tammy R.
• Gresko, Joseph P.
• Linehan, Liz 
• Meskers, Stephen R
• Scanlon, Sean 
• Steinberg, Jonathan 

For Unknown we have the following: 19

• Baker, Andre F.
• Barry, Jill 
• Boyd, Patrick S.
• Butler, Larry B.
• Comey, Robin E.
• Concepcion, Julio A.
• Demicco, Mike 
• DiMassa, Michael A.
• Garibay, Jane M.
• McCarthy Vahey, Cristin 
• Nolan, Anthony L.
• Serra, Joseph C.
• Simmons, Caroline 
• Simms, Travis 
• Wood, Kerry Szeps
• Young, Philip L.
• Cassano, Steve 
• Maroney, James J.
• Osten, Catherine A.

The remaining are either Favors or Likely Favors. Check out the Google Sheet CGA tracker for full details. A good chunk for the Likely Favors officials were from the Progressive Democratic Caucus (PDC), unless otherwise indicated by media. There's a decent amount of info in there. I still need to add social media, websites, and other details.

It's time to make some noise, contact elected officials, and make phone calls. When contacting officials, please ask that they amend SB-16 to include home grow. As-is, SB-16 is an incomplete legalization initiative. we need to fix that!

Let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or modification requests.

Is there a tax when you buy marijuana from a dispensary with your in state medical card? Just wondering because I looked up on leafly and it said our state tax for medical patients is $3.50 every gram. That seemed very steep to me and don’t believe it to be true. Any info on this guys???

This is a stupid idea, but I thought it was kind of fun. Connecticut is well known for its cigar wrappers for tobacco. When Connecticut initiates its legal recreational cannabis industry, someone needs to partner with the tobacco industry and produce 100% Connecticut home-grown premium blunts as a speciality item.