WEBVTT 00:05.000 --> 00:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% >> RAIN ON SHINE LEGAL WEED IS 00:06.000 --> 00:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:27.5% ON ITS WAY. 00:08.000 --> 00:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% ILLINOIS IS OFFICIALLY THE 11TH 00:09.000 --> 00:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% STATE TO LEGALIZE THE SALE AND 00:12.000 --> 00:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% POSSESSION OF RECREATIONAL 00:13.000 --> 00:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% CANNABIS BUT THE FIRST STATE 00:15.000 --> 00:21.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% THAT GOT TO THIS POINT VIA 00:17.000 --> 00:21.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% LEGISLATION RATHER THAN A 00:20.000 --> 00:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:27.5% REFERENDUM. 00:21.000 --> 00:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% "CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" AMANDA 00:21.000 --> 00:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% VINICKY IS HERE WITH THE 00:23.000 --> 00:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:20% DETAILS. 00:23.000 --> 00:28.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> IT TOOK YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS 00:25.000 --> 00:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AND HOURS AND HOURS OF DEBATE. 00:26.000 --> 00:32.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% A CHANGE IN PUBLIC PERCEPTION. 00:28.000 --> 00:35.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% PEOPLE ARE MORE ACCEPTING OF POT 00:31.000 --> 00:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% CULMINATING IN GOVERNOR J.B. 00:32.000 --> 00:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% PRITZKER TODAY SIGNING A LAW TO 00:35.000 --> 00:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IN LELISA 00:36.000 --> 00:40.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:17.5% DESISA. 00:37.000 --> 00:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:45% >> AS THE FIRST -- 00:38.000 --> 00:47.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:30% IN ILLINOIS. 00:40.000 --> 00:48.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% >> AS THE FIRST STATE TO 00:43.000 --> 00:50.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% LEGALIZE ADULT USE CANNABIS, A 00:47.000 --> 00:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% BIPARTISAN AND DEEP COMMITMENT 00:48.000 --> 00:54.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% TO BETTER THE LIVES OF ALL OF 00:50.000 --> 00:57.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:27.5% OUR PEOPLE. 00:53.000 --> 00:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% LEGALIZATION OF ADULT USE 00:54.000 --> 01:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CANNABIS BRINGS AN IMPORTANT AND 00:57.000 --> 01:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% OVERDUE CHANGE TO OUR STATE. 00:58.000 --> 01:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% AND IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 01:00.000 --> 01:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S LEGAL 01:03.000 --> 01:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% TO START SMOKING, VAPING OR 01:05.000 --> 01:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:52.5% USING POT RIGHT AWAY. 01:06.000 --> 01:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% ONLY STATE APPROVED AND 01:08.000 --> 01:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% REGISTERED MEDICAL PATIENTS CAN 01:09.000 --> 01:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% LEGALLY BUY AND USE MARIJUANA 01:11.000 --> 01:16.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:10% NOW. 01:12.000 --> 01:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% THE MARKET DOES NOT OPEN TO 01:14.000 --> 01:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% EVERYONE ELSE UNTIL JANUARY 01:16.000 --> 01:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% FIRST. 01:17.000 --> 01:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% EVEN THEN THAT IS EVERYONE NO 01:19.000 --> 01:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% KIDS OR TEENS AND JUST ADULTS 01:20.000 --> 01:27.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% AND THAT IS DEFINED ANYONE AGED 01:23.000 --> 01:28.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:30% 21 OR OLDER. 01:25.000 --> 01:30.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% >> HOW MUCH WILL ADULTS BE ABLE 01:27.000 --> 01:32.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:17.5% TO BUY? 01:28.000 --> 01:34.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> ILLINOIS RESIDENTS WILL BE 01:30.000 --> 01:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% PERMITTED TO HAVE UP TO 30 GRAMS 01:32.000 --> 01:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:50% OF THE CANNABIS BUD. 01:34.000 --> 01:39.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THE 01:36.000 --> 01:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% STATE TOURISTS CAN LEGALLY 01:37.000 --> 01:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:45% POSSESS HALF THAT. 01:39.000 --> 01:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS FOR 01:41.000 --> 01:47.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS WHO 01:43.000 --> 01:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS CAN 01:44.000 --> 01:50.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:25% HAVE MORE. 01:47.000 --> 01:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% WHAT IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON 01:49.000 --> 01:56.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% THE ILLEGAL DRUG MARKET BUT 01:50.000 --> 01:57.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO BUY 01:53.000 --> 01:59.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% MARIJUANA FROM STATE-WIDE 01:56.000 --> 02:01.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:32.5% DISPENSARIES. 01:57.000 --> 02:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% THEY ARE TO BE SUPPLIED WITH POT 01:59.000 --> 02:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% BY STATE LICENSED GROWERS. 02:01.000 --> 02:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% AND EVEN WHEN MARIJUANA IS LEGAL 02:03.000 --> 02:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% IN ILLINOIS IT WILL BE TIGHTLY 02:05.000 --> 02:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:25% REGULATED. 02:05.000 --> 02:10.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% >> THIS IS ABOUT REPAIRING 02:08.000 --> 02:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% HARMS. 02:08.000 --> 02:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% HARM THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO 02:10.000 --> 02:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% COMMUNITIES FOR THE LAST 40 02:11.000 --> 02:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% YEARS AS A PART OF THE FAILED 02:13.000 --> 02:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:32.5% WAR ON DRUGS. 02:15.000 --> 02:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AND AFTER 40 YEARS OF TREATING 02:17.000 --> 02:24.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% ENTIRE COMMUNITIES LIKE 02:19.000 --> 02:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% CRIMINALS, HERE COMES THIS 02:22.000 --> 02:27.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% MULTIBILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY AND 02:24.000 --> 02:30.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:27.5% GUESS WHAT? 02:25.000 --> 02:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 02:27.000 --> 02:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% PUT AT THE VERY CENTER OF THIS 02:30.000 --> 02:35.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:17.5% POLICY. 02:31.000 --> 02:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% IN A WAY THAT NO OTHER STATE IN 02:33.000 --> 02:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% THE COUNTRY HAS EVER DONE THIS 02:35.000 --> 02:39.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:17.5% BEFORE. 02:36.000 --> 02:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> WHAT DOES SHE MEAN BY THAT 02:38.000 --> 02:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:25% STATEMENT? 02:39.000 --> 02:45.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> MANY PROPONENTS OF POT SEE 02:41.000 --> 02:47.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% THIS AS LEGALIZATION LAW AND 02:43.000 --> 02:48.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% PRITZKER AND ALLIES FOCUSED ON 02:45.000 --> 02:51.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% THE SOCIAL IMPACT AND JUSTICE 02:47.000 --> 02:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:35% ASPECTS OF IT. 02:48.000 --> 02:54.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TOUTS IT 02:51.000 --> 02:55.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AS THE MOST EQUITY CENTRIC LAW 02:53.000 --> 02:57.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:27.5% IN THE U.S. 02:54.000 --> 02:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% A QUARTER OF THE REVENUE FROM 02:55.000 --> 03:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% THE PROGRAM WILL BE INVESTED IN 02:57.000 --> 03:02.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% COMMUNITIES IMPACTED MOST BY THE 02:58.000 --> 03:04.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:32.5% WAR ON DRUGS. 03:00.000 --> 03:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% ANOTHER 20% WILL BE SPENT ON 03:02.000 --> 03:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL 03:04.000 --> 03:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:17.5% HEALTH. 03:05.000 --> 03:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% >> BLACK AND WHITE PEOPLE TEND 03:06.000 --> 03:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% TO USE CANNABIS AT THE SAME 03:08.000 --> 03:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% RATES. 03:09.000 --> 03:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% BUT BLACK PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE 03:11.000 --> 03:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED FOR 03:13.000 --> 03:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:27.5% POSSESSION. 03:14.000 --> 03:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% >> IN THE PAST, PEOPLE WITH 03:15.000 --> 03:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CRIMINAL RECORDS MAY HAVE GOTTEN 03:17.000 --> 03:21.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% DOCKED OR LOST THE CHANCE FOR A 03:19.000 --> 03:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:10% JOB. 03:19.000 --> 03:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% IN THIS CASE, APPLICANTS 03:21.000 --> 03:28.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% COMPETING TO GET A STATE LICENSE 03:23.000 --> 03:29.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% TO SELL MARIJUANA WILL LITERALLY 03:26.000 --> 03:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% GET EXTRA POINTS WHEN OWNERS AND 03:28.000 --> 03:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR 03:29.000 --> 03:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% CONVICTED OF POT POSSESSION. 03:31.000 --> 03:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% APPLICANTS GET A LEG UP IF 03:33.000 --> 03:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% OWNERS OR WORKERS RESIDE IN 03:37.000 --> 03:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% AREAS DISPROPORTIONATELY 03:38.000 --> 03:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% IMPACTED BY THE WAR ON DRUGS. 03:41.000 --> 03:45.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% TYPICALLY LOW INCOME MINORITY 03:43.000 --> 03:47.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:35% NEIGHBORHOODS. 03:44.000 --> 03:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% >> CANNABIS LEGALIZATION HAS 03:45.000 --> 03:51.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% MEANT IN THE COUNTRY BEFORE 03:47.000 --> 03:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% TODAY, WAS THAT WEALTHY WHITE 03:49.000 --> 03:54.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:47.5% MEN WOULD GET RICH. 03:51.000 --> 03:57.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% AND BLACK MEN WOULD GET 03:53.000 --> 04:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:22.5% ARRESTED. 03:54.000 --> 04:04.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% THEY WOULD GET ARRESTED, THEY 03:57.000 --> 04:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% WOULD BE INCARCERATED, AND THEY 04:00.000 --> 04:07.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% WOULD BE FORCED TO LIVE IN 04:04.000 --> 04:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:55% PERMANENT SECOND-CLASS 04:05.000 --> 04:10.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% CITIZENSSHIP BECAUSE OF 04:07.000 --> 04:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:30% CONVICTIONS. 04:08.000 --> 04:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> AND SO ALSO SETS FORTH THE 04:10.000 --> 04:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% WAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 04:12.000 --> 04:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% ARRESTED OR CONVICTED OF LOW 04:14.000 --> 04:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% LEVEL DRUG POSSESSION TO HAVE 04:15.000 --> 04:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% THE RECORDS CLEARED AND 04:17.000 --> 04:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:22.5% EXPUNGED. 04:17.000 --> 04:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> THE STATE WANTS A PIECE OF 04:19.000 --> 04:24.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:40% THE REVENUE PIE. 04:20.000 --> 04:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% HOW MUCH CAN THE STATE EXPECT TO 04:22.000 --> 04:28.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% BRING IN IN THE FIRST YEAR? 04:24.000 --> 04:29.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% >> BUSINESSES HAVE TO PAY 04:25.000 --> 04:30.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% ILLINOIS FOR THE DISPENSARY AND 04:28.000 --> 04:32.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:52.5% CULTIVATION LICENSES. 04:29.000 --> 04:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% AND ALSO THE SALES TAX THAT 04:30.000 --> 04:34.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% PEOPLE WILL PAY WHEN THEY BUY 04:32.000 --> 04:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:12.5% WEED. 04:33.000 --> 04:39.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% THE PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION 04:34.000 --> 04:40.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% ESTIMATES $140 MILLION IN TAX 04:37.000 --> 04:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% REVENUE FOR THE PROGRAM'S FIRST 04:39.000 --> 04:46.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% YEAR BUT ESTIMATES THAT THAT IS 04:40.000 --> 04:47.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% GOING TO RAMP UP TO $300 MILLION 04:44.000 --> 04:48.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% ANNUALLY IN A FEW YEARS AS THE 04:46.000 --> 04:51.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:40% PROGRAM MATURES. 04:47.000 --> 04:52.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% >> AMANDA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 04:48.000 --> 04:55.000 position:10%,start line:74% 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