marijuana

Pritzker highlights push for legalization of marijuana on 4/20

April 22, 2018

Editorial: ETHS censorship of The Evanstonian sets dangerous precedent

October 30, 2017

Filed under Editorial, Latest Stories, Opinion

This past month, Evanston Township High School administrators trampled over their student journalists. It’s a recurring story at high schools — a student paper publishes a mildly controversial article and the school overreacts,...

ETHS officials, students working on plan to redistribute confiscated newspapers

October 20, 2017

Blotter: Skokie man charged in west Evanston with driving under the influence

Jake Holland, Assistant City Editor

October 10, 2017

Filed under City, Crime

A 29-year-old Skokie man was arrested Monday in west Evanston in connection with driving under the influence. Officers observed a vehicle driving with tinted windows near the intersection of Emerson Street and Dodge Avenue,...

Blotter: Indiana man arrested in connection with DUI, 3 hit-and-run incidents

July 11, 2017

Reed: Give marijuana legalization in Illinois another chance

Chase Reed, Columnist

April 30, 2017

Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion

Propelled by a statewide budget crisis and a rapid shift in the perception of marijuana, Illinois lawmakers introduced two new bills in March that aim to legalize the often-maligned drug for recreational use by adults and to regulate its sale through taxation. Should a bill pass in eit...

Police Blotter: Man arrested after 31 grams of marijuana found in car

Erica Snow, Assistant City Editor

November 22, 2016

Filed under City, Crime, Local

Police arrested a Chicago man Sunday after officers found 31 grams of marijuana in his car, police said. At about 11:55 p.m., police stopped a driver after he made a right turn without using his turn signal, Evanston police...

Evanston man sentenced to 8 years in prison for marijuana distribution, money laundering

Rishika Dugyala, Assistant Summer Editor

August 26, 2016

Filed under City, Crime, Latest Stories

An Evanston man was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for distributing more than a thousand kilograms of marijuana and laundering the proceeds through luxury car purchases and property leases. Jonathan Tankson, 32,...

Out-of-state visitors to Colorado increasingly going to emergency room due to marijuana use, Northwestern study finds

Madeline Fox, Campus Editor

February 28, 2016

Filed under Campus, Science & Technology

Marijuana-consuming visitors to Colorado are increasingly ending up in the emergency room, a new Feinberg School of Medicine study found. Colorado has allowed sale of marijuana to individuals age 21 and older in retail di...

Physician compliance presents roadblock for Evanston residents seeking medical marijuana

November 5, 2015

Police Blotter: Elmwood Park man arrested for marijuana possession

Joanne Lee, Reporter

October 20, 2015