Comments on: Which candidate for Governor wants to decriminalize marijuana? http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/2010/03/21/which-candidate-for-governor-wants-to-decriminalize-marijuana/ Brian Lockhart covers the Connecticut General Assembly in Hartford Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:43:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Matt http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/2010/03/21/which-candidate-for-governor-wants-to-decriminalize-marijuana/#comment-4584 Matt Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:36:46 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/2010/03/21/which-candidate-for-governor-wants-to-decriminalize-marijuana/#comment-4584 Here is each candidates response to the question, "Should we legalize marijana and tax it?" REPUBLICANS: Tom Foley - "I’m against legalizing marijuana. I think that we have a problem with drug abuse in Connecticut, particularly in our inner cities and I think legalizing marijuana will contribute to the damage that is done to many families from drug abuse." Michael Fedele - "I’m against the legalization of marijuana. Why? Because it’s illegal. I think its something the federal government should address." Oz Griebel - "At this point I’ve said no. When you talk about reducing costs—one of most significant costs are for those who man our penal system. Look at the growth in inmates, I think that has to be looked at. Decriminalizing marijuana—we need to look at who gets sent to prison for nonviolent crime. Many are sent to prison for nonviolent crimes. And many of those nonviolent crimes deal with illegal substances. There’s a revenue potential, I get that. But the bigger issue we’re facing is people getting sentenced to time in prison, particularly young people and having an ability once they’re discharged to get back into workplace." DEMOCRATS: Ned Lamont - "No. I don’t believe that. I do believe that our jails are filled with young people who’ve done something stupid in their youth and the idea that they are gonna be incarcerated for long periods of time, the idea that its gonna be near impossible for them to have job training skills and opportunity for employment is unfair to them at end of day and extremely costly to taxpayers. Well look at real criminal justice reform that puts renewed emphasis on treatment, probation, job training and get these people back in work or schools." Dan Malloy - "I’m not advocating legalizing and taxing marijuana. What I have said is I believe possession of marijuana in small amounts should be decriminalized. I also support medical use of marijuana." For the full interviews, check the links below although the information above is all that is concerning marijuana legalization. http://fairfieldweekly.com/news/featured-news/a-guide-to-the-aug-10-2010-connecticut-primaries-governor-republican-candidates http://hartfordadvocate.com/featured-news/a-guide-to-the-aug-10-2010-connecticut-primaries-democratic-candidates-for-governor **VOTE DAN MALLOY** Here is each candidates response to the question, “Should we legalize marijana and tax it?”

REPUBLICANS:

Tom Foley – “I’m against legalizing marijuana. I think that we have a problem with drug abuse in Connecticut, particularly in our inner cities and I think legalizing marijuana will contribute to the damage that is done to many families from drug abuse.”

Michael Fedele – “I’m against the legalization of marijuana. Why? Because it’s illegal.
I think its something the federal government should address.”

Oz Griebel – “At this point I’ve said no. When you talk about reducing costs—one of most significant costs are for those who man our penal system. Look at the growth in inmates, I think that has to be looked at. Decriminalizing marijuana—we need to look at who gets sent to prison for nonviolent crime. Many are sent to prison for nonviolent crimes. And many of those nonviolent crimes deal with illegal substances. There’s a revenue potential, I get that. But the bigger issue we’re facing is people getting sentenced to time in prison, particularly young people and having an ability once they’re discharged to get back into workplace.”

DEMOCRATS:

Ned Lamont – “No. I don’t believe that. I do believe that our jails are filled with young people who’ve done something stupid in their youth and the idea that they are gonna be incarcerated for long periods of time, the idea that its gonna be near impossible for them to have job training skills and opportunity for employment is unfair to them at end of day and extremely costly to taxpayers. Well look at real criminal justice reform that puts renewed emphasis on treatment, probation, job training and get these people back in work or schools.”

Dan Malloy – “I’m not advocating legalizing and taxing marijuana. What I have said is I believe possession of marijuana in small amounts should be decriminalized. I also support medical use of marijuana.”

For the full interviews, check the links below although the information above is all that is concerning marijuana legalization.

http://fairfieldweekly.com/news/featured-news/a-guide-to-the-aug-10-2010-connecticut-primaries-governor-republican-candidates

http://hartfordadvocate.com/featured-news/a-guide-to-the-aug-10-2010-connecticut-primaries-democratic-candidates-for-governor

**VOTE DAN MALLOY**

]]> By: Eugene Erwin http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/2010/03/21/which-candidate-for-governor-wants-to-decriminalize-marijuana/#comment-4078 Eugene Erwin Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:20:32 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/politicalcapitol/2010/03/21/which-candidate-for-governor-wants-to-decriminalize-marijuana/#comment-4078 It is truly silly that something that one third of the population has tried and a large portion of the population uses regularly should be illegal. It hurt no one except due to the criminal element that generally supplies it and this would not be the case if it were legal. It is truly silly that something that one third of the population has tried and a large portion of the population uses regularly should be illegal. It hurt no one except due to the criminal element that generally supplies it and this would not be the case if it were legal.

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