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TexasTowelie

(118,593 posts)
Fri Apr 12, 2019, 04:21 AM Apr 2019

Legal pot no pipe dream for Pritzker -- hopes to pass 'strong good bill' in weeks [View all]

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker tried marijuana himself, “a long time ago.”

But it won’t be long before Illinois residents are able to smoke it legally, if the freshman governor gets his way.

The Chicago Democrat hopes to get a recreational marijuana bill passed before the end of the spring legislative session as part of an ambitious first year plan.

“I think the bill that will get introduced and passed is going to be a very, very, strong good bill,” he said Thursday.

Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legal-pot-marijuana-legalization-jb-pritzker-interview-graduated-income-tax-lightfoot/

And I'm hoping to pass some "strong good" chronic, myself.

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