The Reefer

If you can’t smoke weed right now, you might as well read about it

by Aimee Levitt on April 20, 2018 at 6:00AM

Or maybe we shouldn't call it marijuana. The proper term is cannabis, and the word "marijuana" has some nasty racist associations, as Lee V. Gaines explained last year.

Chicago-based Kitchen Toke, the first zine devoted to cooking with weed, preaches the green word

by Steve Heisler on April 20, 2018 at 6:00AM

around and show people that’s not all it is.” Because weed is illegal on a federal level, studies of its benefits are sparse.

Should we stop using the word ‘marijuana’?

by Lee V. Gaines on June 1, 2017 at 1:30PM

partying with (white) female students and getting their sympathy with stories of racial persecution. Result: pregnancy,'" Hari quotes Anslinger as saying in his book.

Most Democratic gubernatorial candidates favor some form of legal weed in Illinois

by Lee V. Gaines on May 30, 2017 at 8:00AM

Chris Kennedy Democrat and chairman of the Kennedy family's investment firm Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc. Favors legalization? Unclear

Pot smokers toke up in public to make a political statement

by Lee V. Gaines on April 21, 2017 at 2:35PM

," he says. "If they know there is a candidate endorsing their lifestyle, they'll actually show up to vote."

Why are CBD products sold over the counter some places and tightly regulated in others?

by Lee V. Gaines on March 23, 2017 at 12:04PM

CBD Kratom owner David Palatnik operates out of two locations—his first shop in Bucktown and a recently opened second location in Andersonville. At both shops, patrons can select from a variety of CBD-infused products, from $4 lollipops to capsules, lotions, and oils.

Potheads rejoice: Illinois lawmakers move to legalize recreational weed

by Lee V. Gaines on March 22, 2017 at 7:01PM

frees a lot of that up." Steans says she hasn't heard complaints of any adverse outcomes resulting from the state's medical marijuana program—a fact that could prove valuable when trying to assuage any concerns about potential effects of full legalization.

Will the Trump administration interfere with Illinois’s medical pot program?

by Lee V. Gaines on February 28, 2017 at 4:00PM

who have taken that position." But the potential tax revenue recreational weed could generate in Illinois—a state struggling to figure out how to cover its massive pension deficit—is still a good reason for lawmakers to consider full legalization of the drug, even in light of a presidential administration hostile to legal weed, Linn argues.

New Illinois law defines ‘stoned driving’

by Maya Dukmasova on August 2, 2016 at 12:45PM

Campanelli's office represents overwhelmingly low-income, minority clients in Cook County courts, and she hopes the new law will lead to fewer arrests for possession. Even with the Chicago decriminalization ordinance, Campanelli says that her lawyers continued representing dozens of clients charged with small possession every month.

How to make a cocktail using both legal and illegal varieties of grass

by Julia Thiel on July 7, 2016 at 7:00AM

After being challenged by Sammy Faze of the Drinkingbird and Billy Sunday to make a cocktail using grass, Brett Lichnerowicz of Luxbar did some urban foraging in people's yards "with or without their permission" to find some for his experiments. "There's so many varieties of grass—there's ryegrass, fescue grass, sweetgrass, bluegrass."

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