Wisconsin will soon become an island surrounded by legal weed

Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 10:33 a.m. CT June 5, 2019 

 

A homeowner in the 2500 block of S. Delaware Ave. in Milwaukee displays a political yard sign in support of legalizing medical marijuana. Sixteen counties and two cities placed advisory referendums on medical and recreational use of marijuana on Tuesday's general election ballots. (Photo: Don Behm/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

MADISON - When Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs into law a bill making way for recreational marijuana use in our neighbor to the south, his signature will put Wisconsin on an island surrounded by legal weed.

Three out of the four states that border Wisconsin — Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota —  have now legalized marijuana use and two of them allow residents to purchase and consume cannabis for any reason. 

While more and more state legislatures are embracing legal marijuana for medical or recreational reasons — 33 in all — Wisconsin isn't likely to anytime soon.

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