JEFFERSON PARK — Similar discussions are happening across many Chicago neighborhoods this year: Do neighbors want a medical marijuana dispensary operating nearby?
On the Northwest Side, where many of the city's "blue-collar" workers have lived for decades but a recent wave of younger families have moved in, any issue seems to be a bit more heated.
Similar to debates centered around bike lanes vs. car lanes or condo developments vs. single-family homes, medical marijuana has split the neighborhood.
On today's DNAinfo Radio Extra, Heather Cherone discusses what some residents feared, and other supported, surrounding a proposed medical marijuana dispensary in the heart of Jefferson Park:
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