Recreational marijuana debate comes to Elk Grove Village
Elk Grove Village has hosted a marijuana cultivation facility, Illinois Grown Medicine, since 2016. Now, village officials are considering whether to allow recreational pot sales in town.
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Jeff Franke
Posted2/10/2021 5:30 AM
The debate about whether to allow local recreational marijuana sales has finally made it to Elk Grove Village, where elected officials Tuesday held their first spirited back-and-forth on the topic.
Suburban elected officials have been having those debates since June 2019, when Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state legislature legalized recreational pot sales. Elk Grove took a wait-and-see approach until asking voters for their views in a November 2020 advisory referendum.