Welcome to the Reader’s cannabis column, To Be Blunt. We’re here to answer your canna questions with the help of budtenders, attorneys, medical practitioners, chefs, researchers, legislators, and patient care advocates. Send your cannabis queries to tobeblunt@chicagoreader.com.
“Pop-up cannabis supper clubs have existed in the Chicago area for years! Supper clubs’ origin as underground Prohibition roadhouses fits perfectly with still-illicit cannabis. Illinois’s new adult-use laws do not take effect until January 1, 2020. If you’re currently planning a sweet-ass cannabis-themed dinner party, you should know that under the current law you’re taking a risk.
“In the new year, when the new laws go into effect, you will be able to possess up to one ounce (a little more than 28 grams) of cannabis legally. Depending on the size of your party, that much cannabis consumed edibly after decarbing it through cooking would get you and all your guests pretty high—maybe even high enough to fall asleep. Assuming the cannabis has a THC content of 20 percent, that ounce of marijuana contains about six grams of THC.
