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Illinois cannabis sales, for first time, trail previous yearly totals

Illinois News Joint

However, Illinois dispensaries sold more cannabis items in March 2025 (4,314,397) than in March 2024 (4,048,897), and in-state resident sales in 2025 ($116,452,635.34) outperformed 2024 totals ($114,458,207.57). 2021 total monthly sales include: January: $88,813,872.78 2021 Totals: $1,379,088,278.61 February: $130,608,286.57

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Illinois hits highest January cannabis sales since legalization

Illinois News Joint

Illinois dispensaries sold 3,958,808 cannabis items in January 2025. 2021 total monthly sales include: January: $88,813,872.78 2021 Totals: $1,379,088,278.61 2021 total monthly sales include: January: $88,813,872.78 2021 Totals: $1,379,088,278.61 2025 total monthly sales include: January: $140,191,240.27

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Illinois releases Cannabis Report FY2024 (IDFPR portion)

Illinois News Joint

IDFPR cites the explosive growth by stating that 82 new dispensaries open for business in the last year, the single-largest expansion of cannabis dispensaries since the program first started with the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act (CRTA) in 2014. Find detailed information about this topic here.)

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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

As recreational cannabis continues to dominate, the number of dispensaries catering exclusively to medical patients has dwindled, leaving many individuals with fewer options for specialized care. The state’s first dispensary opened in 2015, sparking a wave of patient registrations.

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Understanding Cannabis Banking Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Connor & Connor PLLC

In 2021, only 518 of the almost 5,000 commercial banks in the U.S. However, these services can be costly for high-traffic dispensaries that require daily pick-up. The federal ban disallows the straight payment of credit to cannabis dispensaries. With 24 states, Washington D.C, have reported servicing the cannabis industry.

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How Inflation is Affecting Cannabis: Prices, Closures, and the Job Market

Veriheal

Profits Drive Prices, Prices Drive Consumer Decisions Once competition and a surplus have been created, it still doesnt mean that dispensaries are lowering prices for customers in certain states anytime soonprofits being the main driving force. Since cultivators grow cannabis domestically in the U.S.,

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New Insights into Hop Latent Viroid and Hemp

Medicinal Genomics

Other reports estimate that as much as 90% of California cannabis cultivation facilities are infected with HLVd and 40% of cannabis flower sold in Canadian dispensaries tested positive for HLVd. Dr. Nachappa shared that in 2021 he team found HLVd in the Colorado hemp fields, and since then nearly every hemp-growing state in the U.S.

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