Excitement, Long lines Mark Marijuana Legalization in Illinois

Illinois, the largest Midwestern state in the U.S., is beginning 2020 with the implementation of a new law that allows people to legally buy marijuana for recreational use. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act also also allows the governor to pardon thousands for past low-level cannabis convictions. VOA’s Mariama Diallo reports
Originally published at – https://morigin.voanews.eu/a/excitement-long-lines-mark-marijuana-legalization-in-illinois/5231153.html

50 Comments

  1. NUKE CHINA on April 21, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    Smoke it up!!



  2. Todd Markee on April 21, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    NUGS. Cannabis Strategic Ventures. Great opportunity
    Company has a lot of room to run



  3. Frank L on April 21, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    0:06 sounds like Trisha Takanawa 😂



  4. E-Rock 1776 on April 21, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    Bunch of useless drug addicts. Hopefully they catch a disease, or overdose and croak.



  5. MIKE BARAN on April 21, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    LEGALIZE METH



  6. True America on April 21, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    The problem has always been the Bible. I’m in Alabama, it’s like the early 1900’s here



  7. Brysn on April 21, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    Look at all the LOSERS waiting in line



  8. ALF Raydough on April 21, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    Alcohol is the most dangerous drug yet it’s as legal as buying a candy bar if you’re at least 21.🙄



  9. JAHSURH OF JUDAH on April 21, 2020 at 1:46 pm

    JUST A QUESTION, let’s SAY 2 TO 3 DAYS BEFORE LEGALIZATION WHY DID, NT THE COPS RUSH IN, BURST, AND MAKE AN LARGE SCALE ARREST FOR STOCKPILING THE WEED BEFORE LEGALIZATION AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR NEGROS OR KNOW SO-CALLED DRUG DEALERS! I GUESS THE WHITE MAN IS God on Earth. I MEAN WHEN THE LEGALIZATION APPEARED WAS THE WEED GROWN IN A MATTER OF HOURS IN THE STORAGE ROOM. CAN ANYBODY GIVE A DESCENT COMMENT! wheres the feds, chasing Trump!



  10. Victor Mason on April 21, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    Did anybody else read: Excrement?



  11. BC Bob on April 21, 2020 at 1:48 pm

    I never stood in any lines. My dealer makes home deliveries, even long before it became legal.✌🏻🤙🏻



  12. Rod Boone on April 21, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    Research the connection between Harry J Anslinger and William R Hearst’s “ yellow journalism “ and you will find out about the racial lies that brought about cannabis prohibition.



  13. Not Convinced on April 21, 2020 at 1:51 pm

    GREAT FOR ILLINOIS!!! #BERNIE2020 FOR THE SAFETY OF AND THE CONTINUED EFFORTS TO COMPLETELY LEGALIZE CANNABIS AND TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PLANT AND THOSE WHO SELL IT AND FOR THOSE WHO CONSUME IT!!!💚🇺🇸🐦💚



  14. Open Eye on April 21, 2020 at 1:52 pm

    Yet another example of how far behind the United States is and laughable our “freedom” is. I love this country with all of my heart but citizens have fall asleep for the sake of comfort. Wake up and ask why! We are a nation made up of the sum of its people not the government! Government is a critical part of the equation but they are not the solution! Fight once again for what you believe in!



  15. Mike Lovejoy on April 21, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    Can WV please catch up to 2020.



  16. John Tovar on April 21, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    These people are dumb and are idiots for accepting lung cancer.



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  18. mike askme on April 21, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    I love the fact that Marijuana is now some what accepted this is good. But i cannot help but think about all those people in line, all colors and all ages, but something is a little weird as i am celebrating these new policies. I think about all the Hispanic and African Americans who may have gotten stopped on bullshit reasons ( just because they are "Black or Hispanic) on the way from the dealer who ended up going to jail or prison lives ruined. Especially when that reporter said the white lady had been smoking for years, i guess membership does have its privileges. Yes i know the governor is pardoning a lot of people who have records for Marijuana, the point is it took to long for this to happen. I hope Ohio will be next, although there would be no way i would do a interview while standing in line.



  19. Randy Kong on April 21, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    Non residents are limited to limits on their purchase like 15 grams of flower. Can anyone tell me how much time must elapse before they can buy another 15 grams? Or Is there a way to prevent non residents from buying the limit at one dispensary and then buying the limit at another dispensary or in another city?



  20. CallmeMilton on April 21, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    Stop calling it Marijuana. It’s called Cannabis!



  21. Whyinem on April 21, 2020 at 2:02 pm

    #Illinois2020



  22. Tumbleweed 420 on April 21, 2020 at 2:04 pm

    💯🌱💯👍



  23. Help me I am enslaved on April 21, 2020 at 2:07 pm

    0:10 Crackadon lol new weed dinosaur🤣🤣🤣



  24. kross- kountry 4 life on April 21, 2020 at 2:07 pm

    I wish tx would



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  26. MIKE BARAN on April 21, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    Only Fools Pay Tripple…GROW YOUR OWN



  27. Major Steve Austin on April 21, 2020 at 2:09 pm

    Legal weed comes with more unemployment, lazy cant get up in the morning,car accidents, hit and runs accidents and increase in auto and health insurance premiums.. your all so weak you have to self medicate? You cant handle stress? You cant handle daily life challenges or crisis?? Truth hurts bring the comments.



  28. 2NDARY B18C1 on April 21, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    they charge tooooo much….i quit



  29. D_Chatz 83 on April 21, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    Like…



  30. Sho Ent on April 21, 2020 at 2:12 pm

    700thousand charges for marijuana!?!? Ridiculous… come to California, we welcome you!!



  31. Kristie C on April 21, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    It should have just been decriminalized everywhere decades ago. All this "legal" weed in the US the past decade or so is terrible (just as I predicted for the past 20yrs at least) compared to all the illegal weed I used to get in my teens through my early 30s. You could still be relaxed but productive/functional all day back then. This shit just isnt the same at all and the prices on it are a rip off too. Sad



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  34. T81 on April 21, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    wtf is wrong with your voice, so fuckign annoying



  35. Juan Matos on April 21, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    GOOD IS EVIL AND EVIL IS GOOD. SMOKING CANIBIS CODE WORD FOR DOPE. LIGALIZED BY WICKED POLITICIANS IS IN ITSELF EVIL. THEY ARE DESTROYING THE VERY POEPLE THEY CLAIM TO REPRESENT "DISGRACEFUL."



  36. MIKE BARAN on April 21, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    Florida Approved Medical 2 Yrs Ago…Still No Dispensarys…



  37. Front Runner on April 21, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    …’bout time they dose those "MANDINGOS!"



  38. Steven Dennis on April 21, 2020 at 2:20 pm

    It’s too expensive



  39. Mark Bryant on April 21, 2020 at 2:21 pm

    This woman’s voice is soooooooo annoying 🤪



  40. Mango Nexus on April 21, 2020 at 2:22 pm

    And like and like making potheads look stupid learn to speak woman



  41. TomJeffersonWasRight on April 21, 2020 at 2:22 pm

    Get a real announcer ! ! !



  42. Phillip Beckman on April 21, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    What the state of Iowa is making people to start looking into moving to Illinois. When your governor works Against the people of iowa……….



  43. sataniccookiemonster on April 21, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    *WORD TO ILLINOIS RESIDENTS…*
    *DON’T ALLOW YOUR LOCAL DEALERS TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS CAUSE YOU’RE GONNA BE NEEDING THEM ONCE THR THE STATE STARTS RAPING THE INDUSTRY FOR FUNDING REVENUE…*
    *HERE IN CALI, THEY ACTUALLY REQUIRE YOU TO PURCHASE A $1 ZIPLOC BAG TO LEAVE THE STORE WITH YOUR PURCHASE…*
    *THE TAX ON SMOKES GOT RAISED TO NEARLY FOUR BUCKS ON EVERY PACK… CALIFORNIA NOW COLLECTS MORE TAX ON SMOKES THAN THE PROFITS OF THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PRODUCT…*
    *THEY GEY THE WEED CUSTOMERS AND EVERY STEP OF THE WEED INDUSTRY IS REGULATED FOR MAXIMUM GENERATION OF ILL GOTTEN STATE REVENUE AT EVERY LEVEL…*



  44. Death is Coming on April 21, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    It’s not bad as lsd stupid government



  45. Punisher6791 on April 21, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    Why does the narrator sound like Trisha Takinawa from family guy?



  46. John Tovar on April 21, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    Move to Canada!



  47. very boring films on April 21, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    meanwhile, in the shithole known as kern county, california we are still treated as criminals. our dispensaries are either shut down overnight or under the constant threat of closure. cool to see these patients happy to have their accessibility finally.



  48. SlasherFilms01 on April 21, 2020 at 2:31 pm

    Too bad you gotta be 21. They really don’t like 18-20 year olds. I guess I’ll just buy it on the street for 3 years.



  49. big guy on April 21, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    The scum of the United States… Getting high everyday. The true walking Dead. Causing problems for their family their mothers fathers children etc.. no dignity no honor



  50. Dave Pawson on April 21, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    Building a hydro system as I watch people freeze their buds off.