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One month to go until recreational weed becomes legal in Illinois. Here’s what you need to know.
The Chicago Tribune ^ | November 29, 2019 | Robert McCoppin

Posted on 11/30/2019 6:29:27 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

When the most popular medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago begins selling recreational pot on New Year’s Day, it will operate like a busy restaurant. Dispensary 33 plans to take names from those in line and page customers by phone when they can get in.

The North Side cannabis shop will take that unusual step due to the huge crowds expected when weed sales become legal under state law at 6 a.m. Jan. 1, 2020. The celebration will be similar to the unofficial pot holiday of April 20, or 4/20, when a Dispensary 33 street fest and special deals this year drew 800 medical marijuana customers, marketing manager Abigail Watkins said. “It’ll be like 4/20 every day,” she said.

Statewide, that pent-up demand is expected to hit like rush-hour traffic — too much for the system to handle at once. With marijuana legalization in Illinois a month away, the clock is still ticking on a host of changes that need to be made to accommodate that momentous shift. Growers have expanded, dispensaries have remodeled and lawmakers have fine-tuned the law.

Weed activists and opponents alike are wondering if the state and industry will pull everything together in time for a smooth rollout. Potentially, all 55 existing medical dispensaries would be eligible to open retail stores on their current sites as well as at second sites. But regulators have licensed only 29 stores so far — to serve an estimated 1 million pot users — so officials expect long lines and sold-out products.

The tight supply means that weed is likely to be relatively expensive, industry trackers predict. Illinois already has some of the highest-priced medical cannabis in the country, averaging around $18 a gram and $300 an ounce, according to marijuanarates.com.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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To: RGVTx
Do you want to vote us off the conservative island for being pot users?

It’s the drug warriors and prohibitionists that need to be voted off the island. They are morally bankrupt

81 posted on 12/01/2019 10:45:04 AM PST by southern rock
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To: sphinx

Agee 100%.

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82 posted on 12/01/2019 11:31:41 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: southern rock

“Not even close to the same thing. Cigarettes contain well over a dozen toxic chemicals. Besides, marijuana users are generally moving away from smoking. It’s all about the edibles now.”

Pot smoke contains most of those things also, including radon from the uranium in the soil that it, like tobacco, uptakes.

The bottom line is that not everything “natural” is actually good for you.


83 posted on 12/01/2019 1:16:29 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (‘When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.’)
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To: Vermont Lt; NobleFree

Of my three acquaintances who are, or were , tokers, two are dead. (One died at 40, the other two were on oxygen for three years). Another, still living, is on oxygen. None have reached 65 years.

Now Willie Nelson has “breathing problems”, and has been cancelling concerts. He’s been living with it for a long time.


84 posted on 12/01/2019 1:49:02 PM PST by Does so (.Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election...)
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To: Does so

You might have a point.

Of the 4 Dr Pepper drinkers I know or knew, 2 are dead.
One year everyone I knew that died was age 47.
Beware of age 47, it is a killer!


85 posted on 12/01/2019 2:56:52 PM PST by RGVTx
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
It will always be a federal crime to for marijuana use & possession.

No, its days are numbered; our President says it's a matter for the states.

86 posted on 12/01/2019 3:58:08 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: JimRed
My main objection to legalization is that when individuals have toked themselves into befuddled unemployability the libs in the legislature will declare the dependence a disease and put them on the dole for life.

Those who before legalization were responsible enough to not use because it was illegal, will after legalization remain responsible enough to not toke themselves into befuddled unemployability.

87 posted on 12/01/2019 4:00:33 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Does so
Tobacco is bad for you too; should we ban it?

Thanks for the ping, btw!

88 posted on 12/01/2019 4:01:23 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: RGVTx; NobleFree
With Tobacco+alcohol+marijuana, I'd be OK with a doctor's prescription—and not a ban.

Retirees would be excepted, as being closer to the Grim Reaper, they're less likely to use illegal substances. (And much less likely to give illegal substances to those who shouldn't handle it).

Willie Nelson will probably keep on with the stuff, and exit early. :(

89 posted on 12/01/2019 4:23:27 PM PST by Does so (.Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election...)
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To: Vermont Lt

Well, yes.

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/cover-story-pot-goes-to-school-with-marijuana-legal-in/article_d3e3af2e-20e5-51ff-8967-d56a6433533e.html

“The new Division of Criminal Justice numbers from last school year show 368 total incidents of all types at elementary schools, with 13 percent involving marijuana. At middle schools, 18 percent of the total 1,809 incidents involved pot, as did 30 percent of the total 4,118 incidents at high schools.”

...so yes. They ARE starting much sooner.


90 posted on 12/01/2019 4:27:45 PM PST by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - dad's wisdom)
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To: taxcontrol

What are the other 87%?


91 posted on 12/01/2019 4:56:30 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

I would assume that they are other incidents not related to illegal substances.


92 posted on 12/01/2019 5:01:48 PM PST by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - dad's wisdom)
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To: Does so

I don’t think a doctor’s script would achieve what you expect. Doctors are as corruptable as anyone.


93 posted on 12/01/2019 5:20:36 PM PST by RGVTx
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To: taxcontrol

So, 50 kids in the entire State of Colorado were involved with pot.

Compared to what?

That’s my point. How many total kids? What were the other incidents? What were they 10 years ago? 5 years ago?

You cannot toss out a statistic without context.

I am sure there were many more elementary school kids involved in assaults, alcohol issues, theft, etc.

It’s probably more of an issue with kids than it is with pot. But neither of us know.


94 posted on 12/01/2019 5:32:55 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

You obviously did not read the article.


95 posted on 12/01/2019 5:49:54 PM PST by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - dad's wisdom)
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To: taxcontrol

Ditto all that!!


96 posted on 12/01/2019 5:53:31 PM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: BipolarBob

You know one guy...


97 posted on 12/01/2019 5:54:39 PM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: Lurker
You might appreciate.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLzADtDbPEY

98 posted on 12/01/2019 5:57:30 PM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: taxcontrol

From your link:

there was no statistical change pre- and post-2014,” Kreminski said.

Student attitudes have remained the same before and after legalization in terms of how harmful students perceive the use of marijuana to be and how wrong they think cannabis use is, Kreminski said.


99 posted on 12/01/2019 6:16:09 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Osage Orange

Yeah, after I moved out of the commune I lost touch with all of the others. But they didn’t do hard stuff back then.


100 posted on 12/01/2019 6:35:30 PM PST by BipolarBob (No border walls. No voter IDs. You figured it out yet?)
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