Billions in black-market weed still selling in Illinois 18 months after marijuana legalized – Chicago Sun-Times*

At dispensaries, an eighth of an ounce of smokable cannabis flower can cost around $80 after hefty taxes on recreational pot are tacked on; Pre-tax prices typically run around $60 an eighth. “If you’re some dork who only learned about [pricing] from the $60 and I obviously know that your only other reference for weed is that, then cool,” said the dealer (who admits to offering more affordable deals to “starving artists, broke people, homies and pretty girls”). “You would happily pay that than stand in line and pay taxes.”
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The True Believer
4 years ago

Start arresting and jailing illegal drug dealers. That’s the key. But Lori and Kim don’t think it’s a crime to arrest and jail drug dealers because of systemic racism.

Fed up neighbor
4 years ago

I could not have foreseen this??

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