Marijuana is now legal in Illinois, and a Madison man was first in line at a store in Rockford.
Danny Connors was waiting outside the Sunnyside Cannabas Dispensary at midnight on New Year’s Day. That’s when sales could start, and Connors says he spent about $120.
Police officers and sheriff’s deputies in Wisconsin near the state’s border with Illinois are warning people that it’s still illegal to have marijuana in Wisconsin. Departments in northeast Wisconsin did the same last month, when marijuana became legal in Michigan, including the upper peninsula.
