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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Legal Marijuana Sales May Spark Midwest Interstate Tension
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Wisconsin gaining bipartisan support for legalizing marijuana
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