If You Can T Smoke Weed Right Now You Might As Well Read About It

The Reader‘s archive is vast and varied, going back to 1971. Every day in Archive Dive, we’ll dig through and bring up some finds.

But what about recreational pot? In 2016, Katie Campbell wrote that Illinois probably wasn’t ready to legalize non-medical marijuana, although earlier this year Cook County voters overwhelmingly chose “yes” on a ballot referendum. In 2001, Cara Jepsen reported on attempts to reorganize Hemp Fest, which, its organizers claimed, was a serious political event, not a smoke-in.