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By Neil Doyle
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House has passed recreational marijuana legislation and is sending it to the governor’s desk.
The bill allows people 21 and over to buy marijuana at licensed dispensaries and possess about an ounce of pot. Those with a medical marijuana card could grow up to five plants at home.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said he will sign it into law, making recreational marijuana legal starting Jan. 1.
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