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Chicago Wants Your Input On Proposed Recreational Marijuana Regulations

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Soon recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has proposed a plan that would ban sales in most of downtown Chicago and split the rest of the city into seven "cannabis zones."

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But now the city will host a series of community information sessions to gather the public's input on those proposed regulations.

The meetings will take place at the following locations:

Tuesday, Oct. 8 at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Blvd.

Wednesday Oct. 9 at Kennedy-King College, 6301 S. Halsted St.

Thursday, Oct. 10 at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave.

All the meetings will take place at 6 p.m.

Recreational cannabis becomes legal in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2020.

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