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Illinois Is Giving Out Grants From Marijuana Tax Revenue. Where's The Money Going?


St. Louis Public Radio
Illinois took in nearly $200 million in tax revenue from the first year of legal marijuana sales. The state s legalization law requires 25% of that money go to communities disproportionally harmed by the failed war on drugs.
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the
Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio.
Illinois generated more than $175 million in tax revenue from
recreational marijuana sales in 2020, and a chunk of that money will go to communities hit hardest by gun violence and disproportionate prosecution for low-level pot crimes.
The state announced $31.5 million in a first wave of grants for 80 nonprofit organizations and government bodies earlier this year as part of the Restore, Reinvest and Renew, or R3, Program. The program was built into Illinois’ recreational marijuana law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2019. ....

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