Great news -- Chicago (and surrounding suburbs, called Cook County) voted to legalize Rec MJ by bigtime margin -- this is not binding, just a way to gauge interest
Cook County voters on Tuesday voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Illinois, according to unofficial results. Sixty-eight percent of voters were in favor of legalizing the drug, with 89 percent of precincts reporting, as of 9:37 p.m.
Democratic gubernatorial nomination winner wants to legalize Rec MJ and ran on that as part of his platform, just like Murphy in NJ
Businessman JB Pritzker won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
“We can begin by immediately removing one area of racial injustice in our criminal justice system,” he said during a victory speech Tuesday night. “Let’s legalize, tax and regulate marijuana.”
During the course of the campaign, Pritzker repeatedly promised to legalize cannabis.
“I also support legalizing and taxing recreational use of marijuana, which is estimated to generate as much as $700 million a year for the state,” he said. “No more studies are needed to show it’s time for Illinois to safely move forward and legalize marijuana. As governor, I will modernize drug laws and move Illinois towards a criminal justice system that gives all Illinoisans a chance to reach their full potential.”
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