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How I Be came a State-Certified Pot Dealer

First of all, does everyone in here consume?”

The instructor’s question elicits some tentative nods among the dozen students assembled at a community center in suburban Richton Park. “OK, raise your hand if you do not consume.”

A single hand goes up sheepishly. “I’m off that right now,” says a millennial man in the back row, provoking a smattering of giggles.

The instructor is Kiana Hughes, CEO of

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