Customers shop for a recreational marijuana at Dispensary 33 store on January 1, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. – On the first day of 2020, recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois, which joins 10 other US states with legal use of recreational marijuana. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Anna Davlantes

Why some cannabis operators are ditching Chicago and moving to the suburbs

Posted: Sep 28, 2020 / 06:27 PM CDT

Updated: Sep 28, 2020 / 06:27 PM CDT

Customers shop for a recreational marijuana at Dispensary 33 store on January 1, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. – On the first day of 2020, recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois, which joins 10 other US states with legal use of recreational marijuana. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Posted: Sep 28, 2020 / 06:27 PM CDT

Updated: Sep 28, 2020 / 06:27 PM CDT

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Brad Spirrison, journalist and co-founder of cannabis industry newsletter Grown In, joins Anna to talk about why some cannabis operators are ditching Chicago for the suburbs.

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