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July 2, 2015
07/02/2015
Great Music While High: The Grateful Dead

Great Music While High: The Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead are, simply put, one of the most widely loved and influential musical acts in American history. This July 4th weekend, the “core four” remaining...
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October 7, 2014
10/07/2014
Chicago Mayoral Contenders Talk Cannabis Legalization

Chicago Mayoral Contenders Talk Cannabis Legalization

Illinois is becoming a hotbed in the legal marijuana debate. The state recently authorized medical marijuana and now recreational use is at the heart of conversation between...
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September 24, 2014
09/24/2014
Chicago Mayor Pushes to Reduce Penalties for Minor Drug Possession Statewide

Chicago Mayor Pushes to Reduce Penalties for Minor Drug Possession Statewide

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel called on the General Assembly to decriminalize marijuana possession statewide and to reduce the penalty to a misdemeanor for those caught with 1...
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July 15, 2014
07/15/2014
Chicago Committee to Implement Illinois’ Medical Marijuana Program

Chicago Committee to Implement Illinois’ Medical Marijuana Program

Until now, Chicago has been unable to take advantage of Illinois’ medical marijuana law. However, the Chicago Sun Times reports that the Chicago Joint Committee on Administrative...
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June 24, 2014
06/24/2014
Great Music While High: Chance the Rapper

Great Music While High: Chance the Rapper

“Raps just make me anxious/and acid made me crazy/them squares just made me looser/and that wax just made me lazy/and I still make this song/and I’m a...
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May 20, 2014
05/20/2014
In Chicago, Arrests Still Likelier Than Fines Despite Law

In Chicago, Arrests Still Likelier Than Fines Despite Law

Despite enacting legislation that is supposed to decriminalize carrying small amounts of marijuana, the city of Chicago and state of Illinois continue to have a high number...
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April 21, 2014
04/21/2014
NORML Responds to Latest Media Frenzy Over Pot and ‘Brain Damage’ Fears

NORML Responds to Latest Media Frenzy Over Pot and ‘Brain Damage’ Fears

The mainstream media launched into a reefer mad frenzy this week after researchers from Harvard University in Boston and Northwestern University in Chicago published the results of...
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April 17, 2014
04/17/2014
Medical Marijuana Entrepreneurs Decry Fees

Medical Marijuana Entrepreneurs Decry Fees

Under the proposed rules for the new Illinois law, would-be pot entrepreneurs need a $2 million surety bond, $250,000 in liquid assets, $25,000 for an application fee,...
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March 28, 2014
03/28/2014
Parents Argue Medical Marijuana Helps These Kids Avoid a ‘Death Sentence’

Parents Argue Medical Marijuana Helps These Kids Avoid a ‘Death Sentence’

One of the parents of severely epileptic children who lobbied for the bill, testified to just how transformative medical marijuana treatment can be for kids like her...
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March 27, 2014
03/27/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.25)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.25)

More jail guards gone wild! Smuggling dope, smuggling meth, cooking marijuana butter. Plus, a Customs officer winks at semis full of weed blowing through his lane, a...
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March 5, 2014
03/05/2014
Comcast Okays TV Spots That Pitch Medical Marijuana

Comcast Okays TV Spots That Pitch Medical Marijuana

Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator, has agreed to run an ad on its local cable systems in New Jersey, Massachusetts and greater Chicago that promote a...
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February 12, 2014
02/12/2014
MMJ Business Seminar, Bud-Tender Training Course in Chicago

MMJ Business Seminar, Bud-Tender Training Course in Chicago

A medical marijuana business seminar and bud-tender training course are coming to Chicago February 22nd.
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October 16, 2013
10/16/2013
Chicago Medical Marijuana Clinic Deluged With Calls

Chicago Medical Marijuana Clinic Deluged With Calls

CBS reports that Chicago’s first medical marijuana clinic has had over 20,000 calls since August, but cannot yet dispense cannabis.
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September 3, 2013
09/03/2013
Illinois MMJ Advocate Not Eligible Due To 2012 Possession Charge

Illinois MMJ Advocate Not Eligible Due To 2012 Possession Charge

Michelle DiGiacomo, a 53-year-old Chicago advocate that helped pass Illinois’ medical marijuana law, will not be eligible to receive her medication of choice because she was found in...
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August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.21)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.21)

More sticky-fingered cops, including one on a DEA task force, a cop tries to cover up a fatal drug deal at his home, another cop goes away...
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August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
ACLU Sues Over Chicago Public Housing Drug Tests

ACLU Sues Over Chicago Public Housing Drug Tests

The ACLU of Illinois Thursday filed a class-action lawsuit against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) over its policy requiring drug testing of residents in mixed-income developments. The ACLU charges...
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August 12, 2013
08/12/2013
Chicago Business Symposium to Focus on Medical Cannabis

Chicago Business Symposium to Focus on Medical Cannabis

With Illinois’ medical cannabis industry just about to come to life, an upcoming business symposium will help potential business owners and investors learn about the industry and...
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August 7, 2013
08/07/2013
Chicago Opens First Illinois Medical Marijuana Clinic Today

Chicago Opens First Illinois Medical Marijuana Clinic Today

Good Intentions, the first Illinois medical marijuana clinic set to open after the recent signing of the state’s medical marijuana law, is set to open today in...
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July 25, 2013
07/25/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.23)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.23)

Four of the seven law enforcement personnel making our hall of shame this week were women. You’ve come a long way, ladies! Let’s get to it: In...
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June 19, 2013
06/19/2013
Chicago Police Kill Fleeing Man in “Drug Area”

Chicago Police Kill Fleeing Man in “Drug Area”

Chicago police shot and killed a man early Sunday morning on the city’s West Side, as he fled after they tried to pull over his car in...
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