* Researchers sprout hemp plants, plan new class for cannabis science initiative: More than 500 industrial hemp plants aimed at producing CBD oil and destined for the fields of a local start-up company are rising from containers under the watchful eye of Karla Gage, assistant professor of plant, soil and agricultural systems at SIU. Gage, along with Aldwin Anterola, associate professor of plant biology, are working under a Department of Agriculture research permit to look into the science of growing, harvesting and finding industrial and medicinal uses for the plant.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 12:46 pm:
Great news on marijuana sales revenue from Colorado, with the last two months having the biggest gains. Also, tax revenue is going in part to youth drug use prevention programs, which is terrific. Colorado high school students are using marijuana less than before legalization, which is great.
Really looking forward to Pritzker signing the legalization bill.
I don’t find this funny at all. I wonder how many lives will be lost due to the normalization of Marijuana, or as the cool kids call it “cannabis.” Shameful that government now serves to expand poor health outcomes instead of curbing them.
“I wonder how many lives will be lost due to the normalization of Marijuana,..”
I’m gonna say zero.
- Kentucky Bluegrass x Featherbed Bent x Northern California Sinsemilla - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 1:37 pm:
==cool kids===
Scientists, lawyers and plenty of other folks call it by that name.
We live in America, land of the free and in IL on Jan. 1 adults will be free to consume it even if that means smoking the devil’s lettuce. Your puritan values are indeed unpopular, have you thought of moving to the Philippines where they are executing drug users? That may be more up your alley than the freedom loving states that are ending a failed prohibition on a plant.
I have not heard anything regarding the weighing of edibles. This has been an occasional problem with the current system, where the law requires weighing all of the pot brownies rather than the amount of pot that is in them resulting in a rather large weight and higher charge.
Any update on edibles?
- Wasteofresources - Friday, Jun 14, 19 @ 12:14 pm:
Isn’t it a complete waste of resources for police departments and state’s attorneys to continue prosecuting possession between now and Jan 1 since Pritzker will be pardoning those charges?
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 12:46 pm:
Great news on marijuana sales revenue from Colorado, with the last two months having the biggest gains. Also, tax revenue is going in part to youth drug use prevention programs, which is terrific. Colorado high school students are using marijuana less than before legalization, which is great.
Really looking forward to Pritzker signing the legalization bill.
- RIJ - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 12:47 pm:
“That’s not mine, Rauner left it here.” LMAO
Now, that’s a governor I’d smoke out.
- Unpopular - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 1:14 pm:
I don’t find this funny at all. I wonder how many lives will be lost due to the normalization of Marijuana, or as the cool kids call it “cannabis.” Shameful that government now serves to expand poor health outcomes instead of curbing them.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 1:15 pm:
=== Shameful===
Take a breath.
- Terry Salad - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 1:37 pm:
“I wonder how many lives will be lost due to the normalization of Marijuana,..”
I’m gonna say zero.
- Kentucky Bluegrass x Featherbed Bent x Northern California Sinsemilla - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 1:37 pm:
==cool kids===
Scientists, lawyers and plenty of other folks call it by that name.
We live in America, land of the free and in IL on Jan. 1 adults will be free to consume it even if that means smoking the devil’s lettuce. Your puritan values are indeed unpopular, have you thought of moving to the Philippines where they are executing drug users? That may be more up your alley than the freedom loving states that are ending a failed prohibition on a plant.
- cover - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 1:43 pm:
= === Shameful===
Take a breath. =
Or better yet, “inhale”…
- Maryjane - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 1:48 pm:
Unpopular:
Cry more.
- Amalia - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 1:52 pm:
nice touch, Tomasulo, with Bozo.
- @misterjayem - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 2:07 pm:
“Enforcement of marijuana remains status quo until legalization”
Somebody’s going to be the last person busted for smoking weed in Illinois.
Don’t be that somebody.
– MrJM
- The Dude - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 3:20 pm:
Unpopular
It’s significantly safer than alcohol. So if people use weed over alcohol it actually will be safer.
- ArchPundit - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 3:21 pm:
===for smoking weed in Illinois.
Above all stop smoking it. Edibles will be legal.
- Johnnie F. - Thursday, Jun 13, 19 @ 3:30 pm:
Any signing date announced?
- A Fan - Friday, Jun 14, 19 @ 8:57 am:
I have not heard anything regarding the weighing of edibles. This has been an occasional problem with the current system, where the law requires weighing all of the pot brownies rather than the amount of pot that is in them resulting in a rather large weight and higher charge.
Any update on edibles?
- Wasteofresources - Friday, Jun 14, 19 @ 12:14 pm:
Isn’t it a complete waste of resources for police departments and state’s attorneys to continue prosecuting possession between now and Jan 1 since Pritzker will be pardoning those charges?
- Maryjane - Friday, Jun 14, 19 @ 1:18 pm:
Wasteofresources:
Indeed it is. Some authorities have been said as much.