Going To Illinois For 'Weed Tourism'? What Wisconsin Drivers Need To Know

People will soon be allowed to smoke marijuana in Illinois. The law was passed in May and will take effect in January 2020. That could spark a whole new type of "weed tourism," where Wisconsinites travel south to use the drug. So, what do people traveling through this state need to know about possessing marijuana or even driving after ingesting it? READ: Is Wisconsin Missing Out On The Money By Not Legalizing Marijuana? Ren Gresbach wants to know. When Illinois' law goes into effect in January, the 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student says he plans to partake. "I actually have a lot of friends and am in a relationship with someone who lives in Illinois. Going down there, I usually take 94 South. So, usually that's just for weekends, daytrips sometimes," he says. And Gresbach has a lot of questions, like how long after getting high do you have to wait to drive legally and is it OK to be high in Wisconsin? We talked with a Wisconsin state trooper and a criminal defense