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Legal recreational marijuana in Illinois a step closer after Senate vote; bill heads to House next
Source: Chicago Tribune
Legal recreational marijuana in Illinois a step closer after Senate vote; bill heads to House next
By Rick Pearson, Dan Petrella and Jamie Munks
Chicago Tribune
MAY 30, 2019, 11:25 AM | SPRINGFIELD
The state Senate on Wednesday moved Illinois a step closer to joining the 10 other states that have legalized recreational marijuana for adults.
With a bipartisan 38-17 vote, senators sent the House a measure that would allow residents age 21 and older to legally possess 30 grams of cannabis, 5 grams of cannabis concentrate or 500 milligrams of THC contained in a cannabis-infused product. Nonresidents could possess 15 grams of cannabis.
The bill also creates a licensed cultivation and dispensary system while directing Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a proponent of legalization, to pardon people with past convictions for low-level pot possession.
Pritzker encouraged the House, which now takes up the measure, to take “decisive action.”
“Illinois is poised to become the first state in the nation that put equity and criminal justice reform at the heart of its approach to legalizing cannabis, and I’m grateful that the Senate has taken this important step,” Pritzker said in a statement.
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By Rick Pearson, Dan Petrella and Jamie Munks
Chicago Tribune
MAY 30, 2019, 11:25 AM | SPRINGFIELD
The state Senate on Wednesday moved Illinois a step closer to joining the 10 other states that have legalized recreational marijuana for adults.
With a bipartisan 38-17 vote, senators sent the House a measure that would allow residents age 21 and older to legally possess 30 grams of cannabis, 5 grams of cannabis concentrate or 500 milligrams of THC contained in a cannabis-infused product. Nonresidents could possess 15 grams of cannabis.
The bill also creates a licensed cultivation and dispensary system while directing Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a proponent of legalization, to pardon people with past convictions for low-level pot possession.
Pritzker encouraged the House, which now takes up the measure, to take “decisive action.”
“Illinois is poised to become the first state in the nation that put equity and criminal justice reform at the heart of its approach to legalizing cannabis, and I’m grateful that the Senate has taken this important step,” Pritzker said in a statement.
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Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-legislation-senate-20190529-story.html
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