Legal Related Rock Island May Soon Have Marijuana Smoking Lounges by Sophia Vida February 12, 2020 Rock Island council members this week discussed amending the city's cannabis ordinance to allow the use of recreational marijuana inside retail tobacco stores. Miles Brainard, Rock Island Planning and Redevelopment Administra...
Legal Related This is Why Illinois Medical Marijuana Businesses Are Allowed to Stay Open Later by Sophia Vida February 12, 2020 With complaints piling in since Illinois began legal recreational marijuana sales on January 1st, the state has extended medical marijuana store hours. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said last Friday ...
Legal Related Illinois Gets Nearly $40 Million in Recreational Marijuana Sales in First Month by Sophia Vida February 05, 2020 Illinois began legal recreational marijuana sales on the first day of the year and after wrapping up a month of sales has seen nearly $40 million. Customers spent more than $39.2 million on recreational marijuana during the f...
Trends & Articles Chicago Holds ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ Cannabis Resource Fair by Sophia Vida January 31, 2020 Chicago is hosting something pretty amazing this weekend for the cannabis lover. On Saturday the city will be hosting an all-day free event at the UIC Forum in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood. According to the mayo...
Legal Related Illinois to Get Its First-Ever Marijuana Consumption Lounge by Sophia Vida January 24, 2020 Illinois began the sale of legal recreational marijuana on the first day of the year and already the state is about to have its first marijuana consumption lounge. This week the Springfield City Council granted a permit for H...
Legal Related Illinois County Approves 3% Tax on Recreational Marijuana Sales by Sophia Vida January 17, 2020 Cook County of Illinois just had its board approve a 3% tax on recreational marijuana sales this week that would begin in the summer. When the tax on cannabis and related products takes effect on July 1, this tax rate is expe...
Legal Related This is How Much Marijuana Illinois Sold in 12 Days by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 Illinois just continues to show how much the people in the state were waiting for marijuana to become legal. The state kicked off legal marijuana sales on January 1st and in the first twelve days of the year, it raked in over...
Trends & Articles Illinois is Now Seeing More Marijuana Related ER Visits by Sophia Vida January 10, 2020 Illinois officially kicked off legal recreational marijuana sales on January 1st, and already the state is seeing an increase in marijuana related emergency room visits. Doctors and other health officials in the state have sa...
Trends & Articles Some Stores in Illinois Are Stopping Recreational Marijuana Sales by Sophia Vida January 08, 2020 Illinois just kicked off legal recreational marijuana sales at the beginning of the year and already some stores are stopping sales after running out of product. The state's marijuana shops have sold over $10.8 million worth ...
Legal Related This is How Much Illinois Made in Legal Marijuana Sales on Its First Day by Sophia Vida January 03, 2020 On January 1st, the state of Illinois began the legal sale of recreational marijuana and the sales were staggering. The state's cannabis shops generated almost $3.2 million on the first day of legal sales as Illinois became 1...