Recreational Marijuana now legal in Illinois; Chicagoans line up to purchase pot.

[Stellar]

[Cartoonist]

1. Former Illinois boy

I can go home again

[mucifer]

2. ok the website wgntv.com/marijuana just put a smile on my face

That just sounds so pleasantly weird.

[dalton99a]

3. And in Collinsville across the border from St. Louis:

[rurallib]

9. Makes me wonder if cars will be stopped coming back to St. Lou from Illinois

We live near the Illinois border with Iowa. I expect Iowa to legalize MJ shortly after Jesus returns.

[Squidly]

10. Isnt that the sad truth...

I fully expect us to be one of the very last states to go legal. Right up there with North and South Dakota. I'll probably die before I see it.

[Snarkoleptic]

4. Our governor also just pardoned 11,000 folks who had weed possession convictions.

On eve of legal recreational pot sales in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker pardons more than 11,000 people with weed convictions

https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-jb-pritzker-marijuana-pardons-20191231-ka24pnnrfzfn5hmyzodwsshs74-story.html

Prices are a bit steep, with an 1/8th ounce running $55-$60, but I'm sure that will even out over time.
Just glad that sparking a joint will no longer be illegal, when done in your own home.
I'm in my mid-50's and have been outside the law since my teens.
Fortunately, I was never caught!

Anecdote-
When the drinking age went to 21, I was grandfathered-in for alcohol in Wisconsin, so we'd make frequent trips to Lake Geneva to booze it up.
One one such trip, someone needed to take a leak, so we pulled into the Nippersink Canoe base/launch to TCB.
A cop quickly spotted us and rolled-up to see what we were up to. My buddy had a brass one-hitter fall from his pocket when asked for his ID.
I have no idea how the officer didn't hear it hit the gravel parking lot, but we were all quickly on our way (minus one brass 'bat').

[klook]

11. Best part of this story.

Nonviolent "offenders " free to go.

[dem4decades]

5. Why doesn't my state get on the bandwagon? Sure could use the revenue.

[yuiyoshida]

6. Welcome to the STONER STATES!

I feel blessed to be in a weed state, California. I have a big jar of buds right in front of me right now, that should last me a month or so. Plus chocolates in the freezer made with Cannabis oil. Yum. Oishii ne!

[walkingman]

7. Jealous!! Texas is such a backwards state. If the GOP would put it on the ballot it would easily win

[YOHABLO]

8. Time to go back to my birth city of Springfield IL

[DENVERPOPS]

12. In the back of my mind, I keep thinking

That the reason the PTB are allowing it is to give the masses a way to numb themselves for what is to come on Nov 3rd and thereafter........