(Hartford, Conn./WTIC) - Governor Ned Lamont has called debate on the legalization of recreational marijuana a legislative priority this session, adding he supports the measure in order to avoid black market sales.
But at the State Capitol today, a group of opponents made the argument against legal pot.
Health experts point to effects on the brains of young people who smoke.
And law enforcement officials say there's no tried and true way to test for intoxication.
State Representative Vincent Candelora calls it a money grab.
He says additional research about the ill effects of pot strengthened his resolve.
Candelora calls the legal marijuana industry the "new big tobacco".
