Officials also appointed John Kagia, who has served as the Chief Knowledge Officer for New Frontier Data, as the director of policy for the Office of Cannabis Management.
Roselle considering whether to allow marijuana sales in the village
Updated 5/25/2021 4:49 PM
Roselle trustees are exploring the possibility of allowing recreational marijuana businesses after voters showed support for the idea.
The village board on Monday night talked about lifting Roselle s ban on adult-use marijuana businesses, which has been in place since 2019. A final decision by the board could be made by September.
Before the decision is made, the issue will be examined by trustees and members of the planning and zoning commission. Public meetings also will be held.
The discussion comes after voters approved two cannabis-related questions on the April ballot.
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, the legislation mandated that “47,000 cannabis-related arrest records between 2013 and 2019 be expunged by Jan. 1, 2021.” The required expungement is finished at the state level, but the process continues in many counties across Illinois.
This wraps a groundbreaking year in the world of weed and cannabis, with a number of states legalizing the drug during the 2020 election and others releasing and expunging the records of people incarcerated or arrested in connection with cannabis.
It’s well-documented how cannabis-related arrests, charges, and convictions disproportionately impact communities of color, and some, like Illinois State Sen. Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford, see this moment as only the first baby step toward correcting decades of discrimination and injustice.