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Food & Drink Feature
Aug 20, 2019
Blast off with Dark Matter Coffee's Supernova Bar
A delicious collaboration with downstate cannabis grower Nature's Grace and Wellness could be landing at a recreational dispensary near you.
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
Apr 24, 2018
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.
By Ben Joravsky
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Bleader
Apr 20, 2018
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.
By Steve Heisler
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Apr 20, 2018
Whatever happened to the ‘cannabis candidate’?
In the future I’ll think twice before cozying up to a candidate just because he or she smokes weed on camera.
By Hunter Stuart
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Benjamin Thomas Wolf
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Apr 19, 2018
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?
By Melanie LaForce
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Food & Drink Feature
Apr 18, 2018
Herbal Notes is planting the seeds of culinary cannabis in Chicago
Weed Week: Chef Manny Mendoza’s pop-up dinner series combines good food, good feels, and responsible cannabis consumption.
By Mike Sula
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Apr 17, 2018
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.
By Ben Joravsky
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Bleader
Apr 16, 2018
Weed Week: Get in the mood for 4/20 with these photos by Chicagoans dedicated to legal weed
Get ready.
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Dec 9, 2011
Today's marijuana lesson comes from New York City
How Chicago can take a cue from New York City on pot possession.
By Mick Dumke
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Dec 9, 2011
Cooking with cannabis: boat noodles
Is a traditional Thai noodle soup really seasoned with marijuana?
By Mike Sula
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Dec 9, 2011
Why are blacks busted more often for pot?
Illegal searches play a leading role in the racial imbalance.
By Steve Bogira
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Dec 8, 2011
A
Reader
poll on legalizing reefer—and not one word about Mayor Rahm
A survey on marijuana legalization in Chicago: Guess what the answers are
By Ben Joravsky
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Bleader
Dec 7, 2011
Eating Under the Influence: kimchi-bulgogi omelet
More Eating Under the Influence; the kimchi-bulgogi omelet at Rogers Park's Noon Hour Grill
By Kate Schmidt
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El Gallo Bravo
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kimchi-bulgogi omelet
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Susie Lee
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Bleader
Dec 6, 2011
Video
The five best stoner records of the year
Load up the bong and our YouTube playlist
By Miles Raymer
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Bleader
Dec 5, 2011
Starting today on the Bleader: Weed Week
There's no such thing as marijuana overkill.
By Tal Rosenberg
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Bleader
Dec 5, 2011
Eating Under the Influence: platillo nopal loco
El Gallo Bravo's crazy cactus plate is a dish only a stoner could love
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
Dec 5, 2011
Father Pfleger: end the pot possession busts!
On pro-pot-decriminalization priest Father Michael Pfleger
By Mick Dumke
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