Most of the parents describe cannabis as the primary drug that has caused their children –who are typically age 18 to 25 in our group– to become dysfunctional.
Given my experience with my own son, what I have learned from other parents, and the facts from health experts, I strongly object to parts of the amended Governor’s Bill that cleared the Judiciary Committee on April 6.
Along with frequency of cannabis use, high THC amounts, and genetic vulnerability, that age factor increases the risks of addiction, interrupted brain development and even psychotic disorders.
From the discussions I hear every week in our support meetings, the cannabis being consumed by loved ones is either smokable product with 15-30% THC potency levels or concentrates and vape fluids with THC purity up to 95%.
To sum up, significant changes to the Governor’s Bill SB-888 need to be instituted to protect the public health of Connecticut.
As a founder of a support group of parents with children struggling with addiction, I ask all the Hartford legislators: please demand the above revisions to SB-888.
On Earth Day, some legislative colleagues and I joined about 40 young environmental activists at Hartford’s Riverfront Plaza for a “Meet Your Legislator” event hosted by the youth-led Sunrise Movement.
There has been much debate about whether the zoning practices of towns in Connecticut are discriminatory.
Now one year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, news coverage is filled with language like “back to normal” and “when this ends.” In the past 20 years, we have lived through SARS, H1N1, MERS, and Ebola.
As states across the country attempt to roll back voting rights and protections, Connecticut must lead the way in protecting the right to vote.
During the introductions, I described myself as “unapologetically progressive.” To my surprise, the group clapped.
Discriminatory has become a politically weaponized pejorative word used to presume the motivations of any town and their residents with a different demographic than what is considered ideologically “righteous.” The reality is there is one gating factor in many of these towns in Connecticut and across the county: the cost of purchasing a housing unit in that town.