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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Patrons of Chi'Tiva order at the counter on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Charles Wu founded Chi’Tiva cannabis lounge in 2022, located in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood.

Chicago hemp lounges rise amidst lack of regulation, sparking concerns over safety and oversight

Alana Eve Schacher, Contributing Writer February 24, 2025

Social stoners in Chicago are bringing the sesh out to the cannabis lounges that are popping up in various parts of the city, now that they’re allowed. Imagine Kitty and Red Forman’s basement in “That...

Cómo la comunidad Latinx está celebrando este 4/20 en medio de una pandemia

Cómo la comunidad Latinx está celebrando este 4/20 en medio de una pandemia

Miluska Llerena April 20, 2020

Con el 4/20 aproximándose, personas de todas las edades esperan el día con ansias. Para los latinos, este día no es una excepción. En el 2019, el estado de Illinois aprobó la ley del uso recreacional...

In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, that would grant legal marijuana businesses access to banking, a measure that would clear up a longstanding headache for the industry.

Legal weed prices remain high, sending some back to illicit dealers

Hank Mitchell March 8, 2020

Recreational annabis is legal now, but that hasn’t changed the way some people purchase their weed.  Sales taxes on cannabis are currently very high, some products having a 25 percent tax by the state...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx smiles during the Women's March in downtown Chicago on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020.

State’s Attorney Kim Foxx talks expungement after Illinois cannabis bill

Mackenzie Murtaugh, News Editor January 26, 2020

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx came to the Loop campus on Tuesday, Jan. 21 to speak with law students and professors alike about the decriminalization of cannabis in Illinois. The law that legalized...

“It’s not about getting people to stop,” said DePaul sociology professor Greg Scott, who organized and gave the lecture on the narrative surrounding drug usage. “It’s about meeting people where they are.”  

DePaul event encourages attendees to rethink perceptions of drug use

Patsy Newitt, Multimedia Editor January 26, 2020

Legalization of cannabis in Illinois after decades of criminalization has spurred many to rethink their perceptions of drug use. DePaul University sociology professor Greg Scott offered a space for...

Sunnyside dispensary in Lakeview.

My first day of kindergarten – I mean weed legalization

Rebecca Rogers January 26, 2020

On Jan. 1, 2020, recreational cannabis became legal in the state of Illinois. This new law legalizes the possession of 30 grams of cannabis flower, 5 grams of cannabis concentrate and 500 milligrams of...

Weeding out misconceptions about recreational cannabis in Illinois

Weeding out misconceptions about recreational cannabis in Illinois

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor January 20, 2020

Illinois rang in the new year with the legalization of recreational cannabis for use and sale. On the morning of January 1, dispensaries were filled with customers and amongst college students. With legalization...

OPINION: Weeding out potential employees with drug tests is outdated

OPINION: Weeding out potential employees with drug tests is outdated

Xavier Ortega, Photo Chief January 20, 2020

With public opinion of the medicinal and recreational consumption of cannabis changing, many companies are sticking to their outdated ideas on what makes a “capable employee” by subjecting employees...

Chicagoans swarm dispensaries in first week of recreational cannabis sales

Chicagoans swarm dispensaries in first week of recreational cannabis sales

Shane René and Mackenzie Murtaugh January 12, 2020

By 6 a.m. on New Year’s day, thousands were already lined up outside the many newly-minted recreational cannabis dispensaries across the state. Less than 12 hours later, most Chicago dispensaries were...

Where you’ll be able to buy recreational cannabis in Chicago area Jan. 1

Shane René, Editor-in-Chief December 20, 2019

As the world celebrates the start of a new decade on Jan. 1, cannabis users in Chicago and across the state of Illinois will also celebrate the long-awaited end of cannabis prohibition.   This year,...

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