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Legalized weed for the Illinoisan

Legalized weed for the Illinoisan

By Juniper Oxford, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2020
The Thrive Dispensary in Anna, IL is one of the many dispensaries open across the state. Thrive offers consultations for anyone over the age of 21. Mobday, January 13, 2020.

Dispensaries in southern Illinois thrive with new legislation as supplies run short

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
January 16, 2020
Pulliam Hall is reflected in a puddle on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, outside of Pulliam Hall in Carbondale, Illinois.

Chancellor, ACLU of Illinois respond to SIU’s disproportionate referrals of black students

By Kallie Cox, News Editor
December 4, 2019
Daily Egyptian file photo

Nipping it in the bud; SIU does not plan to change policies regarding Marijuana use

By Juniper Oxford, Staff Reporter
November 13, 2019
The sunset illuminates Pulliam Hall with warm light Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. (Brian Mu–noz | @BrianMMunoz)

Black students are disproportionately cited for drug-related offenses at SIU

By Kallie Cox, News Editor
November 5, 2019
Reagan Gavin | @RGavin_DE

Column: Gus Bode’s top ten ways to annoy your editor

By Kallie Cox and Gus Bode, Staff Reporters
September 30, 2018
Expanded marijuana cultivation center may bring further economic development to Carbondale

Expanded marijuana cultivation center may bring further economic development to Carbondale

By Tyra Wooten
April 8, 2017
Barry Banks, a graduate student in curriculum and instruction, smokes medical marijuana from a glass pipe Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at his home. Banks receives the prescription for diabetic neuropathy and is currently participating in a statewide pilot program. Before he received medical marijuana, Banks was prescribed opiates that he believes has harsher side effects. I dont mind being part of the experiment, Banks said. I have a much better quality of life. (Daily Egyptian | Aidan Osborne)

Poll finds most Illinois voters favor marijuana decriminalization, legalization

By Bill Lukitsch
March 28, 2017
Kevin Kemper (Carbondale police)

Police: Herrin man arrested with meth, cannabis

By Daily Egyptian staff
November 17, 2016
(Chicago Tribune file photo)

Opinion: The great pot hunt: The federal eradication program is a waste

By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board
October 20, 2016
Marijuana grower Basil McMahon with his crop in Grass Valley, Calif., on November 12, 2015. A sweeping new package of laws will reverse years of state silence by regulating and licensing every stage of the medical marijuana industry. It means Ill be able to do what Im doing without fear of persecution for the first time in my life, for the first time in generations, McMahon said. 

Editorial: Legal status aside, pot is a mind-altering substance

By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
September 14, 2016

Illinois House sends Rauner new marijuana decriminalization bill

By Kevin Hoffman, Reboot Illinois
May 19, 2016
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