DuPage Board not in 21st century on cannabis

Disappointed the DuPage County Board voted to prohibit cannabis sales in unincorporated DuPage. That gives DuPage the dubious distinction of being the first of 102 Illinois counties so doing. Yet, the same board voted to slap a 3% sales tax on cannabis sales in DuPage municipalities.Anyone detect a bit of hypocrisy in those contradictory resolutions?

The prohibition adds no value to the years' long effort to craft a sane, sensible, safe alternative to the 'moonshine' street cannabis from which all revenue goes to the bad guys. The only upside to a no vote is that member can tout his 'concern for the community' bonafides at election time.

One comment in the debate stands out. Hinsdale board member Greg Hart admonished "The state of Illinois has made a lot of bad choices over the years, but we in DuPage have made better choices". Legalization of recreational cannabis in Illinois is not one of the former...and sales prohibition of safe, regulated, revenue generating cannabis in unincorporated DuPage is not one of the latter.