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[#item_full_content] (The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, is turning up the heat in his quest to bring greater reforms to the growing hemp industry. Ford is slated to join the Illinois Healthy Alternatives Ass… Read More

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