Part I of this series detailed the difficult, time consuming, and courageous work behind the process of how the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) added female orgasmic disorder to the list of qualifying debilitating condition for medical patients in … Continue reading →
A contentious battle between Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over intoxicating-hemp regulation left two competing hemp bills, House Bill 4293 and House Bill 5903, without a vote during the lame-duck session at the Capital earlier this week. … Continue reading →
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released its December medical cannabis sales totals and final yearly totals. For 2024, retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries finished at $285,059,601.92. The 2024 totals continued a 3-year downward trend for yearly … Continue reading →
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), after confirming votes from the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (MCAB), officially added four new conditions to the list of qualifying debilitating condition for Illinois patients in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program. … Continue reading →
Illinois legislators have failed to pass one cannabis-related bill for four-years straight after two competing “intoxicating hemp” bills and a cannabis omnibus bill did not reach the floor for a vote during the lame-duck session in Springfield. While the battle … Continue reading →
Two competing “intoxicating hemp” regulation bills failed to reach the floor for a vote after a lame-duck-session battle pitted Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (and stakeholders in the regulated cannabis industry) against Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (and hemp industry stakeholders).
Continue reading →Today, the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced adopted amendments to the Illinois Industrial Hemp Act, effective Dec. 23, 2024. The new rulemaking affects academic, government, and commercial institutions that participate in the industrial hemp program.
Continue reading →The Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Division of Cannabis Regulation announced in a press release today that this year the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Division of Cannabis Regulation enhanced the product registration process while moving records to its online Licensing Portal. … Continue reading →
The Illinois Hemp Growers Association (IHGA)—along with hemp processors, retailers, consumers, business owners, and other advocates—is set to host Hemp Lobby Day Jan. 4 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Illinois State Capitol Building rotunda.
Continue reading →The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation today announced recreational cannabis sales totals for November 2024. November sales set a record monthly-sales high for 2024 and the second-highest monthly total since legalization at $149,284,730.95. Illinois dispensaries in November sold … Continue reading →
