You don't say I'm a progressive. I, you know, because I don't like labels like that. I mean, I, I really do, but I. There's no question about it. Look, I legalized cannabis in our state because people were getting arrested. And, you know, and, and for. We had this incredibly, incredibly discriminatory system where too many people of color were getting arrested for having cannabis on them. Low level cannabis convictions. (27:01–27:06)
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Asserts that JB Pritzker legalized cannabis in Illinois to address arrest disparities.
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