Nor does Danbury’s ban affect the planned opening on Monday of the city’s first medical marijuana dispensary at a former bank building on the west side.Īt the same time, a brain trust of city leaders and department heads is studying Danbury’s requirements under Connecticut’s July 1 marijuana decriminalization law, which among other things requires cities of Danbury’s size to designate a public place for recreational marijuana use.Īlthough recreational marijuana is not a top voter concern the way schools and road conditions are, discussions about retail cannabis businesses and unintended consequences of legalized pot do feed into the larger campaign issues of education and tax revenue, the candidates agreed. The temporary ban does not affect the right of adults under the new state law to have small amounts of marijuana. “People look to us to be the leader, and we shouldn’t turn our noses up at a new source of revenue.”Īlves’ and Esposito’s contrasting positions about recreational marijuana follow a one-year ban on new cannabis establishments Danbury passed in July to give zoning officials time to decide what pot businesses the city should allow.
“We should welcome the business because folks are going to come home and relax (with retail marijuana) the way they relax with a glass of wine now,” Alves said.
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