Reporter’s Notebook: If Illinois legalizes marijuana, how could that affect the economics of the drug trade among gangs?

Reporter’s Notebook: If Illinois legalizes marijuana, how could that affect the economics of the drug trade among gangs?

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Siva Iyer from Elmhurt asked: If Illinois legalizes marijuana, how could that affect the economics of the drug trade among gangs? WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore investigates. 

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