Sponsors of a bill that would make recreational marijuana legal in Illinois for adults over age 21 are planning to reintroduce a revised draft of the proposed law when the General Assembly’s next regular session begins in January, two legislators told a group of citizens gathered in Des Plaines on Wednesday.
Before a crowd of about 60 adults and Maine West High School students, State Sen. Heather Steans and State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, both Democrats from Chicago, spoke about the proposed Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act during an Oct. 17 town hall-style meeting at the Prairie Lakes Community Center Theater.
“Prohibition just plain doesn’t work,” Steans said.
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