{"id":9197,"date":"2018-03-20T22:12:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9197"},"modified":"2018-03-20T22:12:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:12:45","slug":"chicago-voters-backs-recreational-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/chicago-voters-backs-recreational-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Voters backs recreational marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"lead-story inner\">\n<p class=\"headline\">Voters in the Illinois county that includes Chicago have backed the recreational use of marijuana in a non-binding referendum.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"story-body inner\">\n<p class=\"body-text\">The question for Cook County voters asked if Illinois should legalize &#8220;the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for recreational use by adults 21 and older.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the referendum is advisory only, the vote could help state lawmakers make their case in Springfield for the legalization of marijuana use.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of legalizing and taxing marijuana for adults contend it could boost revenue for state and local governments, as it has elsewhere. Opponents of legalized marijuana use have raised questions about the social cost and subversion of federal laws.<\/p>\n<p>Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle supported the referendum.<\/p>\n<p>abc7chicago<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voters in the Illinois county that includes Chicago have backed the recreational use of marijuana in a non-binding referendum. The question for Cook County voters asked if Illinois should legalize &#8220;the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for recreational use by adults 21 and older.&#8221; Although the referendum is advisory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[322],"class_list":["post-9197","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-world","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chicago Voters backs recreational marijuana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chicago Voters backs recreational marijuana\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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