3 of 3 Illinois considering recreational marijuana bills-And they could help lower racial disparity in pot arrests


Adults would be able to use recreational amounts of marijuana without fear of jail. These two bills are the first in the state aimed at reducing marijuana related penalties and charges. Although the charges from marijuana would go down, they would not be acquiring the same high revenue tax from legalization like Colorado did. It would solve the issue of the unproportional arrests of black and Latinos versus whites.