State Rep. LaShawn Ford, D-Chicago, said the money will be very helpful for areas in his district if it’s properly used for economic development, violence prevention and re-entry programs.

State Rep. LaShawn Ford, D-Chicago, said the money will be very helpful for areas in his district if it’s properly used for economic development, violence prevention and re-entry programs.

About $31 million from adult-use cannabis taxes is going to nonprofits in Illinois as part of the Restore, Reinvest and Renew, or R3 program, and it’s not all going to Chicago. Cannabis sales for January neared $90 million. Since adult-use sales began in January...