1-29 Birthday of Recreational Marijuana Use

As I sort of mentioned to you in looking at the topics, what seems to be kind of interesting is that the recreational usage of marijuana really hasn't gotten much hype.  When it first became a reality, there were news reports about lines at the dispensary in Milan; I think I remember due to the pandemic and the cold that they were actually staging a tent for the expected popularity.  But since about the first couple of weeks of the new legislation, the whole thing has really taken a back seat.  

Obviously none of us were alive during our country's years of prohibition of alcohol, but I seem to think this new attitude by the State of Illinois towards marijuana has to be somewhat similar to the eventual end of prohibition and legal consumption of alcohol.  My guess is that whenever normal returns to normal we will see more dispensaries in our Illinois Quad Cities area.  On the news reports, a Rock Island city administrator was interviewed and the city can tax the purchase by 3%, so the administrator said that he hoped a dispensary would soon arrive within the city limits because the city could then use the money as income.

Gambling is something that cities and municipalities can also benefit, right?  And Illinois has had legalized gambling for adults for quite some time, likely before you were born.  Geez I'm old, because I remember when riverboat gambling was such a hotly debated topic in our area.

Wyatt, Cade, Tyler, Kaleb, Ayden B.,