'How is this legal?'

EVANSTON — “How is this legal?” has recently become a common phrase in Evanston as residents have noticed Wild Cannabis, a hemp shop which will soon occupy a former restaurant on Bear River Drive.

But according to Shane England, the managing partner of the hemp shop, its products are not only legal but healthy.

“In essence, our body is built to take in this medicine from the moment we’re born,” he said.

England, who has a background in field medicine from years of military service and more than two decades of holistic healthcare experience, said, “We are all born with an endocannabinoid system...