Posted on 05/04/2019 7:12:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Saturday he’s reached an agreement with key lawmakers on a plan to legalize recreational marijuana in the state starting next year.
The legislation would allow adults 21 and older to legally buy cannabis for recreational use from licensed dispensaries. Illinois residents could possess up to about an ounce (30 grams) of marijuana, while non-residents could possess about half an ounce (15 grams).
The measure also would automatically expunge some marijuana convictions.
If it passes, Illinois would join 10 other states, including neighboring Michigan, in legalizing recreational marijuana. While the Illinois law would take effect Jan. 1, the first licenses for Illinois growers, processors and dispensaries wouldn’t be issued until May and July 2020, the governor’s office said.
Pritzker was joined by fellow Democratic lawmakers in Chicago to announce the deal, which comes after years of discussion among state legislators. They said the measure will be introduced Monday, kicking off debate at the Legislature, where Democrats hold a majority in both chambers. …
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Wrong - several legalizing states have set blood concentration limits on THC just as is done with alcohol.
Prickzer goes full doper retard, film at 11.
There is a big difference between alcohol prohibition---where alcohol was already allowed and THEN prohibited---to making marijuana legal---a substance not yet legal.
MJ and other drugs had previously been legal
Sure there is--when you are operating a multi-ton motor vehicle outside of your home, separated from other vehicles by mere feet, you have no business being under the influence of anything. Or when you are operating on a surgical patient, operating dangerous machinery, etc. I don't care if you want to kill your own brain cells and dope or drink yourself into oblivion--in your own house. But don't you dare bring that lack of perfect sharpness into the lane next to mine or into an operating room or a manufacturing facility.
Marijuana was legal up until 1914.
Of course - but if that's not reason enough to ban alcohol, it's not reason enough to ban pot.
“Wrong - several legalizing states have set blood concentration limits on THC just as is done with alcohol.”
They had to come up with SOME kind of a number; those numbers are still very controversial. BAC has been examined for 80 years. And testing for THC isn’t as simple as blowing into a machine. If the popo are going to draw blood at every traffic stop then we are in a great deal of trouble. There are not quite perfected THC breath analyzers but who knows how that will play out.
Build a wall around Chicago, period!
Shiny object for the masses to swim after while the state swirls down the bowl. And, still illegal under federal law. Wouldn’t it be funny to watch all these people who set up their giant distribution centers, only to watch the feds drop by and confiscate all their pot and assets?
How is this controversy relevant to the legalization question?
If the popo are going to draw blood at every traffic stop
Chicken Little-ism - they don't administer an alcohol breathalyzer at every traffic stop.
It would be a gross violation of the Tenth Amendment - one for which our President has shown no appetite.
Just another day in a crumbling civilization...
I hate stupid laws, and laws with stupid stipulations. Ok, we’re gonna legalize pot. But only THIS much, and only HALF that much if you’re from out of state. Let’s do this with beer; a twelve-pack is ok to have in your fridge, but not three six-packs!
I hope the feds arrest our current governor for the tax fraud rap. What a moron.
If they could’ve built a wall around Chicago, to keep people IN, it might’ve saved their soda tax lol.
Meanwhile Colorado reports quite honestly that DUI for marijuana is on a big increase there. There was/is apparently more pot heads than casual users than everyone thought, or the number of pot heads increased as casual use became legal. I suspect it was the latter.
More potheads. More people dependent on gov’t services as they will not be able to hold a steady job.
Sounds like urban legend to me. Link?
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