Connecticut

Medical Marijuana

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-408 (2017)

2012 Act No. 55
Palliative use of marijuana
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012

2016 Act No. 23
Palliative use of marijuana
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2016

2016 Act No. 39
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2016

Connecticut does not have any limit on the number of plants a cultivator can grow. The cultivation facility license fee is $75,000, so that is obviously going to be a large scale operation. The Question and Answer document on their website (scroll down to the bottom) says each producer will decide how many plants to grow (“It is up to the licensed producer to determine the quantity of medical marijuana products it will produce to meet the needs of its dispensary facility customers.”).

Just for reference, here is the federal penalty for 1,000 or more marijuana plants
$10/50 million — 10 years to life in prison — 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(vii) (2016)

Legalization

Public Act No. 21-1
Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis Act
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2021

Industrial Hemp

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-240 (2017)

2015 Act No. 202
Industrial hemp
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 2, 2015

2014 Act No. 191
Industrial hemp
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 12, 2014

Connecticut Comprehensive Drug Laws - April 2014

Regulation classifying marijuana as schedule 2

http://www.ct.gov/

On May 31, 2012, the state of Connecticut enacted Public Act No. 12-55, Section 18(e), directing the Connecticut Commissioner of Consumer Protection to remove marijuana from Schedule I by January 1, 2013 (http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/PA/2012PA-00055-R00HB-05389-PA.htm). Here is a PDF copy in case the link above is changed: (ct-2012PA-00055-R00HB-05389-PA.pdf), HB5389.

Sec. 21a-243. (Formerly Sec. 19-451). Regulations. Schedules of controlled substances.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of this section, not later than January 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall submit amendments to sections 21a-243-7 and 21a-243-8 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies to the standing legislative regulation review committee to reclassify marijuana as a controlled substance in schedule II under the Connecticut controlled substance scheduling regulations.

(g) In the event of any inconsistency between the contents of schedules I, II, III, IV and V of the controlled substance scheduling regulations and schedules I, II, III, IV and V of the federal Controlled Substances Act, as amended, the provisions of the federal act shall prevail, except (1) when the provisions of the Connecticut controlled substance scheduling regulations place a controlled substance in a schedule with a higher numerical designation, schedule I being the highest designation, or (2) as provided in subsection (e) of this section.

(h) When a drug that is not a controlled substance in schedule I, II, III, IV or V, as designated in the Connecticut controlled substance scheduling regulations, is designated to be a controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act, such drug shall be considered to be controlled at the state level in the same numerical schedule for a period of two hundred forty days from the effective date of the federal classification.

History

1967 Act No. 555
Dependency Producing Drugs and Treatment of Drug Dependent Persons
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 1967

Resources

Page last updated on December 30, 2017