43 percent of people released from Illinois prisons each year return to prison within three years. Darius Ballinger, the founding executive director of the mentoring nonprofit Chasing23, is trying to change that. He sat down with Soledad to explain how his nonprofit helps in Chicago.
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Green Thumb Industries (GTI) to Open Rise King of Prussia, Its Eighth Retail Location in Pennsylvania and 34ᵗʰ in Nation, on November 26
The Pennsylvania medical marijuana ... as required by law, GTI does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward‐looking information, whether as a result of new information ...
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In Prospect Heights and Streamwood, pot deliberations started with resident surveys
Any dispensary would require a special-use permit, and on-site consumption of cannabis would be banned under the proposed law. The nonpublic use of recreational marijuana by people over the age of 21 ...
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Historic Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Passes Through Key House Committee
"They're making political statements, but I think they are also realists in the fact that small steps can help you win the war," said Edgerton, who led the creation of the regulatory licensing program ...
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Illinois Cannabis Insurance Broker Releases Marijuana Dispensary Guide
MFE Insurance, an Illinois cannabis ... and later signed into law in 2019. Residents may possess up to 28 grams of cannabis, or about one ounce, and grow up to five plants beginning in January. MFE ...
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Bill decriminalizing marijuana nationwide passes House committee
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A House committee in Washington says it’s time to make marijuana legal. For the first time ever, a congressional committee has voted to decriminalize the drug. Even so, the bill has ...
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Petition seeks medical marijuana for ailing household pets
New York and California have recently considered allowing veterinarians to recommend medical cannabis for pets, said Carly Wolf, a policy coordinator with the National Organization for the Reform of ...
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The Green New Town
A new distillery was fully outfitted and on the verge of beginning operations ... A company was interested in building in Delavan, and it was medical marijuana. “It was like a bolt out of the blue,” ...
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Whose 2020 Minnesota presidential primary is it, anyway?
But under a law passed in 2016, the new March 3 primary will be used to decide how many delegates each candidate gets at the national political conventions ... they will go to the Grassroots-Legalize ...
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What Were the Most Memorable Moments From Last Night’s Debate?
Putin, the candidates’ sharp wit was on display in between discussions on policy and politics ... Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey created a buzz with his dig at Mr. Biden, who recently said he ...
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We must decriminalize marijuana now and stop the arrests, pastor says | Opinion
On Monday, November 18, political leadership ... It’s hardly surprising that New Jersey arrests Black people for cannabis possession at a rate three times than that of white people, despite similar ...
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Boston overhauling pot review process to close race gap
BOSTON (AP) — Boston is overhauling its process of reviewing marijuana ... the measure into law. He’s also expected to issue an executive order creating the cannabis oversight board in the coming days ...
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Testimony before the Suffolk County Legislature Health Committee regarding a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes
Heartland is headquartered in Illinois and focuses on providing national ... [18] On September 5, the New York State Department of Health (NYDOH) reported lab results “showed very high levels of ...