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Tag: legalized marijuana

Pot opponents: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

Pot opponents: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

— January 3, 2018

Dr. Tom Britton knows all too well how accessibility can lead to addiction. “The first drug I ever used was stealing a beer out of my dad’s fridge because it was accessible,”…

  • High times in Colorado — thanks, in part, to pot

    High times in Colorado — thanks, in part, to pot

    — December 12, 2017

    Colorado state Rep. Dan Pabon went into the voting booth five years ago and cast his ballot against making marijuana legal for recreational use. He was concerned about changing the…

  • Cook Commissioner: Legalizing pot could take ‘sting out of it’

    Cook Commissioner: Legalizing pot could take ‘sting out of it’

    — August 7, 2017

    Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin says he is not quite there yet, but admits that he has given serious thought to the possibility of legalizing cannabis in the county. “We keep…

  • Marijuana supporters press ahead for legalization

    Marijuana supporters press ahead for legalization

    — August 18, 2016

    With the recent signing of legislation reducing penalties for the possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana in Illinois, supporters hope state legislators soon will consider approving…

  • Illinois begins look at legalizing pot

    Illinois begins look at legalizing pot

    — December 4, 2017

    Television host Rick Steves has looked out his office window and seen marijuana being sold for years. However, the view in his hometown of Edmonds, Wash. changed a couple of years ago,…

  • Illinois legislators hear positives and pitfalls of recreational pot

    Illinois legislators hear positives and pitfalls of recreational pot

    — May 22, 2017

    Illinois lawmakers heard April 19 from a Colorado official about how recreational marijuana rolled out in the state where it’s been legal since 2014. But some law enforcement opponents…

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