The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its November medical cannabis sales totals. November totals jumped up to $23,534,153.65, the highest monthly totals since May 2024. November’s totals buck the trend for the last three years in which … Continue reading →
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation today announced recreational cannabis sales totals for October 2024. After a dip in sales in September ($136,508,866.78), October sales bounced back closer to the average at $142,251,704.01. Illinois’ yearly sales totals have … Continue reading →
The Illinois Supreme Court announced today that it anticipates an opinion will be filed for People v. Molina at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. The case involves defendant Vincent Molina, who was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis by a … Continue reading →
December 2022, I published a 6-part series titled, “What Illinois cannabis patients really want” to start a dialogue about the large gap between patients’ needs, wishes, concerns, and recommendation for improving the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP) and the actual … Continue reading →
The Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), part of the University of Illinois System, Friday hosted a livestreamed riverside chat, From Seed to Social Impact, that including opening remarks from the Gov. JB Pritzker and a panelist of professionals discussing the announcement … Continue reading →
During the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) meeting Tuesday, Illinois officials backtracked on implementing a new hemp definition set forth by the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) and admitted language about “transportation of industrial hemp” that had been deleted … Continue reading →
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its October medical cannabis sales totals. October totals reached $22,209,648.89, the second-lowest monthly totals since July 2019. The lowest monthly total since then came last month, September, at $21,699,338.80.
Continue reading →The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) released an informational bulletin for all dispensaries engaged in the business of selling adult use cannabis at retail in taxing jurisdictions that have enacted municipal or county cannabis retailers’ occupation taxes.
Continue reading →On the heels of the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announcing a Second Notice for proposed amendments involving provisions to the Illinois Industrial Hemp Act that would regulate and redefine how THC and THCA levels are measured (essentially banning hemp … Continue reading →
The Office of the Governor sent two letters to Alexi Giannoulias informing the Secretary of State that two new appointments have been designated to the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (MCAB). Governor JB Pritzker appointed a new Chair and Vice-Chair to … Continue reading →
