Recreational cannabis goes on sale in Illinois as governor pardons 11,000 weed offenders

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Dispensaries in Illinois were doing brisk business on New Year's Day as recreational weed went on sale to adults a day after the governor pardoned more than 11,000 people convicted of low-level marijuana crimes.

The signing of the Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act makes Illinois the 11th state to legalize marijuana.Dispensaries in Illinois were doing brisk business on New Year's Day as

A food truck sits outside the Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary as customers wait in line to buy marijuana, on Jan. 1, 2020 in Chicago. On the first day of 2020, recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois. Under the law, Illinois residents can buy up to 30 grams of marijuana plant material, edibles with up to 500 milligrams of THC and 5 grams of cannabis concentrate items. Customers from outside the state can purchase half those amounts.

A long line of people brave the cold as they wait to be the first in Illinois to purchase recreational marijuana at Sunnyside dispensary, Jan. 1, 2020, in Chicago.

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