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Clinton Police Chief Weighs In On Marijuana Laws and Misconceptions

Now that cannabis is legal in Illinois, does that mean just anyone can walk around smoking joints on the square? Are you allowed to have its products in your possession like loose change? 

 

The Chief of Police of Clinton recently stopped into the WHOW studios to talk about some of the questions he sees surrounding the legalization of marijuana in Illinois and hopes to educate everyone about the massive changes that came to our state starting January 1.

 

Chief Ben Lowers assumes from everything he sees and reads is that all marijuana is legal and now anyone can do anything with cannabis. However, there are still two different types of marijuana in law enforcement. Essentially lawful marijuana and illegal marijuana.

 

 

According to the Chief, it was just a few years ago, certain amounts of cannabis were decriminalized but since the drug has now become legal, those laws are back in place.

 

 

Chief Lowers compares cannabis to alcohol. From driving under the influence, the appropriate places to purchase and use along with the transportation of the product, the two will be treated very similarly in the law enforcement community.

 

 

As for the general public getting familiar with the changes in the law, the Chief says each case they encounter with the public is different when it comes to cannabis, so he will leave any discretion up to his officers in the field. 

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