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State Week: Legal Weed, New Laws In New Year

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

Legal marijuana is coming January 1 — what will that look like in Illinois? Will there be enough supply to meet demand? And what will happen to the black market?

Meanwhile, marijuana legalization is just one of many new laws taking effect in the New Year. We have a few of the highlights.

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Brian Mackey. Guests are Ally Marotti, who covers the business of marijuana for the Chicago Tribune; and Sam Dunklau, of NPR Illinois.

Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.
The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Sam is a Public Affairs Reporting intern for spring 2018, working out the NPR Illinois Statehouse bureau.
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