03/13/2025
Urgent Call to Action: Stop the Crackdown on Connecticut’s Preexisting Cannabis Market!
A new bill, HB 7181, is proposing a major increase in enforcement against the unregulated cannabis market. If passed, this bill will put thousands at risk—caregivers, legacy providers, and community members—by allowing aggressive police crackdowns, massive fines, and the seizure of cannabis, products, and even cash from those operating outside the state’s strict licensing system.
What This Bill Does:
Creates a new state-wide Cannabis and H**p Enforcement Task Force with broad powers to investigate, raid, and shut down unlicensed cannabis operations.
Authorizes local police to act as state enforcement officers to crack down on the preexisting cannabis market.
Allows cities to shut down locations where unlicensed cannabis is being sold and seize products, cash, and assets without due process.
Imposes extreme fines—$30,000 per violation, per day—for anyone selling cannabis without a state license.
Targets property owners by fining landlords $10,000 per day if they knowingly allow unlicensed cannabis sales on their property.
Raises criminal penalties, making certain cannabis sales a felony.
Who Is at Risk?
Legacy providers and caregivers who have been helping patients access cannabis for years.
Medical cannabis patients who rely on these sources for affordable and accessible medicine.
Property owners and landlords who could face heavy fines for unknowingly renting to unlicensed cannabis operators.
Consumers who may lose access to cannabis outside the corporate dispensary system.
Take Action Now!
This bill is a direct attack on Connecticut’s cannabis community, prioritizing corporate interests over the people who built this market. We must act NOW to stop this overreach before it strips patients and residents of access to cannabis.
1. Contact your state representatives and senators. Demand they vote NO on HB 7181!
2. Spread the word! Share this with your community and educate others about the dangers of this bill.
3. Show up to public hearings and protests. Let lawmakers hear your voice loud and clear.
This bill is a war on compassionate cannabis access and community care—we cannot let it pass! Stand up, fight back, and defend Connecticut’s cannabis community!
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨ALERT... ALERT ..ALERT... KILL HB7181 creates a NEW CANNABIS & H**P TASK FORCE & DEENS ALL PRODUCT OUTSIDE THE REGULATED MARKET A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, INCENTIVISES MUNICIPALITIES WITH COLLECTION OF ANY CIVIL PENALTIES COLLECTED FROM ENFORCEMENT IN THEIR CITYS AND TOWNS.. We asked for more compassion for medical patients..but what do we get?..more enforcement actions from general law & DCP https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB07181&which_year=2025
WE NEED TO KILL THIS BILL, PUBLIC HEARING 3/19 General Law Committee, Start emailing and calling your Reps NOW please, we do not need more enforcement and prohibition on cannabis.
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