Cannabis delivery chugs along amid the pandemic.
Tag: cannabis legalization 2020
Posted inNews & Politics
How to stay on the right side of the new law
Because getting arrested is the biggest buzzkill.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
‘I decided to try convincing a weed delivery guy to show me his world’
Maya Dukmasova on her December 26 cover story “Weedman’s not worried”: Drug Dealing doesn’t exactly lend itself to close-up media coverage. But on the eve of Illinois’s recreational cannabis legalization I decided to try convincing a weed delivery guy to show me his world. I had little to offer him as an incentive—for obvious reasons […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Explaining the inexplicable
How to talk to children about legal weed, Donald Trump, and endless Middle Eastern wars
Posted inNews & Politics
High hopes
A dispatch from a seven-hour-long line to buy weed at a dispensary, where the tote bags are free, the branding is consistent, and security wears Blue Lives Matter hats.
Posted inNews & Politics
Up in the air
What federal law means for some Chicago residents who want to smoke pot
Posted inNews & Politics
Weedman’s day
Illinois’s cannabis legalization aims to put dealers out of business, but they’re about more than just selling weed.
Posted inCity Life
When Cook County enlisted the Marines to fight marijuana
A sheriff, a pack of journalists, and three sergeants walked into a field of weed . . . with flamethrowers.
Posted inNews & Politics
Communing with cannabis—underground
Even with legalization right around the corner, these women of color in Chicago feel safest creating spaces for weed-infused activities on their own terms.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Reefer sanity
Mayor Lightfoot’s cannabis cultivation center—finally, a TIF expenditure that makes sense.
Posted inFood & Drink
How to make cannabis caramel corn
Co-Op Sauce’s jefe offers a crackerjack update on the city’s oldest snack.