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report lists Illinois at No. 10 for most sinful states. "Sin"
was separated into several different categories, including anger
& hatred, jealousy, lust, vanity and vices, laziness, and greed.
Researchers used those metrics to determine the amount of sin in
each state.
Researcher Jill Gonzales explained Illinois' ranking.
"The areas where they are more on the sinful side includes anger
and hatred, jealousy, vanity, and lust," Gonzales said.
While Illinois struggled in those areas, there were other areas
where the state did well.
"Actually access in vices, such as smoking or binge drinking,
that is where Illinois is actually not as sinful and doing
better in those two categories," Gonzales said.
That's despite Illinois licensed cannabis dispensaries selling
more than $2.1 billion in the drug since being made legal in
2020. More than $643 million of those total sales were to
out-of-state residents.
Illinois has seen a tremendous amount of violent crimes, which
impacted the state's ranking, Gonzales said.
"Violent crimes and things like hate crimes would be part of the
anger and hatred category," Gonzales said. "That is an area
where Illinois did see a spike."
Illinois finished 10th overall on the list and ranked in the top
15 in four other categories.
11th – Jealousy
11th – Lust
7th – Vanity
15th – Laziness
In terms of midwestern states, Illinois was far ahead of
neighboring states, Gonzales said.
"Illinois is a bit of an outlier, it is the highest-ranking
midwestern state as it ranks at No. 10," Gonzales said. "No
other Midwestern states are in the top ten as far as being
sinful."
Nevada ranked No. 1 in the report. Idaho was the least sinful.
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