It’s hard to believe it’s been 16 years since Madison stoner giants Bongzilla dropped a studio album—surely at least a few people rocking out to their brand-new Weedsconsin LP were in diapers back then. The band, formed as a four-piece in 1995, had a lengthy run as one of the midwest’s finest purveyors of slow, […]
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‘Does the punishment fit the crime?’
Weed is legal in Illinois, but expunging records and freeing prisoners remains complicated.
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Hit it!—the new Blues Brothers weed, that is
A Skokie dispensary features dozens of varieties of flower, including a strain celebrating the Chicago film’s 40th anniversary.
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How to stay on the right side of the new law
Because getting arrested is the biggest buzzkill.
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‘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 […]
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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.
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Up in the air
What federal law means for some Chicago residents who want to smoke pot
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Weedman’s day
Illinois’s cannabis legalization aims to put dealers out of business, but they’re about more than just selling weed.
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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.
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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.
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Mom’s made a cream puff with weed . . .
Chef-driven, made-to-order culinary cannabis won’t be happening in Illinois anytime soon.
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Flying high
Just in time for Memorial Day, an attorney who specializes in cannabis law answers a burning question about traveling with marijuana.
