The governor of Illinois hosted a signing ceremony at a dispensary for a bill that doubles the amount of marijuana that adults can legally possess, significantly restricts hemp THC products and makes other changes to rules for how licensed businesses can operate.
While Gov. JB Pritzker (D) gave formal approval to the legislation last month, he held an event on Thursday at the SWAY Cannabis Dispensary in Chicago to celebrate the reforms it enacted.
“I’m proud that Illinois continues to lead the nation in showing what thoughtful, balanced cannabis policy can achieve,” he said.
“When we legalized cannabis, we recognize that we couldn’t simply create a new industry while ignoring the racist, unequal policies that came before it. More than just rectifying the mistakes of our past, we needed to build an engine for growth and opportunity,” the governor said. “We paired legalization with expungements, with restorative justice investments and the strongest cannabis social equity licensing program anywhere in the country. That commitment has produced real results.”
“Today, Illinois has the most diverse cannabis industry in America, because we made equity a fundamental part of what we are building. It’s not an afterthought, it’s central.”
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