BREAKING: Illinois becomes the first state in the nation to fully legalize adult-use cannabis through the legislative process. The legislation also clears the cannabis-related records of nonviolent offenders
The state's new Democratic governor signed a bill Tuesday legalizing the use of the drug.
"As the first state in the nation to fully legalize adult-use cannabis through the legislative process, Illinois exemplifies the best of democracy: a bipartisan and deep commitment to better the lives of all of our people," Pritzker said in a statement after he signed the bill. Illinois now joins 10 states and the District of Columbia in allowing the legal use of marijuana. Legalization will go into effect in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2020.
That was the tact used in New York, where the state legislature recently opted to decriminalize the drug and view possession of up to 2 ounces as a violation instead of a crime.
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