On January 1, 2020, Illinois joined 11 other states and DC to legalize recreational marijuana. Personally, I’ve never been a huge fan of weed, except for the occasional brownie or gummy. Yet on Friday, January 3, I waited for four hours to get my first sample of legal weed. I would have done it sooner, but for the first two days, I didn’t get there in time; the dispensary’s staff had already cut the line off.