Illinois Directs $31.5 Million of Weed Taxes to Communities Ravaged by Drug War

Merry Jane
Jun 8, 2020, 1:38 pm129 pts
Image via The state of Illinois announced last week that it would begin accepting applications for a new social justice program funded by cannabis tax revenues. Illinois’s R3 program, which stands for Restore, Reinvest, and Renew, has earmarked $31.5 million for grants that will fund “economic development,…

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