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Voters In Illinois’ Cook County Approve Marijuana Legalization

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March 20, 2018 – The measure in Cook County — the nation’s second-most-populous county, which has more residents than 27 states of the union – is not binding, but its passage sends a strong message to state lawmakers that ending cannabis prohibition is an issue that voters want the legislature to address. The question, approved by voters with a greater than two-to-one margin, reads: “Shall the State of Illinois legalize the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for recreational use by adults 21 and older subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?”

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