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Home Front: Culture Wars
Hundreds wait in long lines as Illinois begins selling recreational marijuana legally and governor pardons more than 11,000 cannabis convictions
2020-01-02
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Illinois became the 11th state to sell recreational marijuana legally on January 1

  • Hundreds waited in lines of up to three hours outside the nearly three dozen dispensaries with licenses

  • Customers can purchase 30 grams of cannabis flower and up to five grams of cannabis concentrate

  • Democratic Governor JB Pritzker granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions
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Posted by:Skidmark

#6  SCC link @5 sums it up nicely.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-01-02 16:28  

#5  http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2020/01/weed-costs-how-much.html
Posted by: James   2020-01-02 12:23  

#4  How long before "legally" produced and sold pot has to have "taggants," like explosives and gunpowder do?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-01-02 10:36  

#3  'Street' pot will end up being cheaper as it won't have the tax burden.

And now anyone caught in possession of pot can claim that they got it legally, unless there's some rule that you have to hang on to your receipts. Of course, the forgers have a new venue there.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2020-01-02 08:44  

#2  Pot that's grown legally have to pay taxes and fees to the state.

Pot that was seized and burned, has neither paid taxes nor fees.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2020-01-02 07:52  

#1  

"What about reparation for the thousands of dollars worth of weed destroyed after seizure ? All our pot burned and flushed ? The city must pay us back !"

"Wha ...?"

"OK, at least enough to buy 30 grams ! Subsidize the weed !"
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-01-02 05:40  

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