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- Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2017
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Should we stop using the word ‘marijuana’?
The term was popularized by the racist progenitor of the country’s war on drugs.
- Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2017
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Most Democratic gubernatorial candidates favor some form of legal weed in Illinois
But incumbent Republican governor Bruce Rauner seems to be skeptical of legalization.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 21, 2017
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Pot smokers toke up in public to make a political statement
About 80 people gathered around the Logan Square monument on 4/20, the unofficial "National Weed Day," for a celebration that doubled as a campaign event.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2017
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Why are CBD products sold over the counter some places and tightly regulated in others?
This chemical compound found in marijuana presents a tale of two extracts.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2017
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Potheads rejoice: Illinois lawmakers move to legalize recreational weed
The proposed law would make it legal for adults to possess, purchase, and grow weed and would regulate and tax the drug statewide.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2017
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Will the Trump administration interfere with Illinois’s medical pot program?
The administration signaled a willingness this week to crack down on legal weed.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2016
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New Illinois law defines ‘stoned driving’
The state’s new marijuana law sets a benchmark for driving under the influence of weed, but attorneys say it’ll be hard to enforce.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 7, 2016
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How to make a cocktail using both legal and illegal varieties of grass
Brett Lichnerowicz of Luxbar contemplates the many varieties of grass.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 2, 2016
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Illinois set to expand its medical marijuana pilot program
New legislation adds qualifying conditions, amends the role of physician approval, and extends the length of the program.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2016
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The highs and lows of a marijuana 'trimmigrant': 'We'd roll blunts and roll joints and hit the bong and work all day'
A marijuana trimmer discusses the tedious but profitable work of manicuring freshly harvested pot.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2016
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Security is tight at Modern Cannabis, Logan Square's first medical marijuana dispensary
Chicago's second dispensary faced tough regulations to get people in the door.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 20, 2015
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Andersonville's Dispensary 33 is officially licensed
Chicago's first medicinal cannabis dispensary makes it on to the list of certified dispensaries in Illinois.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2015
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What a cancer survivor learned from Chicago's first medical marijuana dispensary
Andersonville's Dispensary 33 hires patients to help others navigate the new rules.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2015
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American Ultra is a real downer of an action comedy
Maybe that's why the Jesse Eisenberg-Kristen Stewart vehicle isn't a hit.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2015
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State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold
Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2015
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Is state's attorney Anita Alvarez protecting public safety—or an obstacle to justice?
The race to be Cook County's top prosecutor gets under way with questions about fairness and incarceration.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2015
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Cook County state's attorney: Time to lay off the pot prosecutions
State's attorney Anita Alvarez says her office will try to send people caught with small amounts of cannabis and hard drugs into treatment instead of jail.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2015
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Former dealer gets light sentence after testifying in double-murder case despite death threats
A key witness in the prosecution of west-side drug dealer Jason Austin is sentenced to five and a half years in prison.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2015
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Did Rahm live up to his campaign promises on public safety?
By blaming legislators for weak gun laws, Mayor Emanuel has ducked questions about his policing strategies.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 24, 2014
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Struggling businessman or lieutenant for Chapo Guzman and the Sinaloa cartel?
Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez, accused of being a coordinator for the cartel, is set to be sentenced in federal court in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2014
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Is Interstellar better when you're stoned?
Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic has a few things in common with 2001: A Space Odyssey, you say? Let's put it to the test.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2014
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The South American variation on Superbad that was an unexpected highlight of the Chicago International Film Festival
On watching the Uruguayan drug comedy High Five while the rest of the world was at work
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2014
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Marijuana legalization needs to be a gateway to broader drug reform
A new stance on pot can lead the nation's retreat from its misguided drug war.
