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Tag: marijuana
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Weed whacked
If recreational cannabis is legalized, how will Illinois reengage the formerly incarcerated and make amends to communities of color?
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A morning at CBD Kratom is a study in serenity
Natural alternatives to illicit and prescription drugs stimulate this weed-adjacent business.
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Trump’s war on medical marijuana putting Illinois dispensaries at ‘risk’
The president has added more red tape for pot dispensaries and has scared banks from taking their deposits.
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If you can’t smoke weed right now, you might as well read about it
Cannabis, marijuana, reefer, mary jane, weed, pot, bud, herb, ganja, we’ve covered it all.
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Chicago-based Kitchen Toke, the first zine devoted to cooking with weed, preaches the green word
Along with providing recipes, the new quarterly demystifies weed as a stoner staple.
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Happy #420Day, Chicago
Weed Day coverage: a Chicago zine devoted to cooking with pot, how to take a weed bath, dealing with stoned drivers—and more.
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Here’s what happened when I took a weed bath
Can you get high from soaking in a tub full of pot-infused bath salts?
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Is Illinois ready for a potential influx of stoned drivers?
Weed Week: There is no completely reliable test for marijuana intoxication, and very few cops trained to recognize it.
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Rauner’s reefer madness rules despite overwhelming support for legal pot
Weed Week: Recreational marijuana won’t be legal as long as the embattled Republican remains governor.
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Another ‘grass gap’ in Chicago opens between blacks and whites on legalization
A practical explanation for why black voters were less supportive of the referendum to legalize recreational marijuana than whites.
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Chicago’s political psychosis has me paging Dr. Freud after last week’s primary
If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.
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Legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois, Chicago and suburban voters say
Cook County voters overwhelmingly came down in favor of making weed completely legal Tuesday.