"AN ACT CONCERNING THE PALLIATIVE USE OF MARIJUANA. "

After the last section, add the following and renumber sections and internal references accordingly:

"Sec. 501. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) Pursuant to Article X of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and notwithstanding any federal statute or case law to the contrary, the state of Connecticut hereby reasserts and assumes authority over all regulation concerning the criminalization, acquisition, cultivation, distribution, dispensing, possession, sale, transportation and use of marijuana and of paraphernalia related to marijuana. "