Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for January 2024. January out-of-state resident sales dropped to its lowest total since February 2020, the second month of legalization. In comparison, January totals for 2023 reached $127,938,019.85.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 2, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation finally announced Friday recreational cannabis sales totals for April 2024. Illinois sold a record-high number of cannabis items in April 2024, while April sales totals dipped from March’s second-highest monthly total since legalization. February: $135,571,931.44

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for December. topped every monthly total since legalization. billion in 2023. 2023 total monthly sales include: January: $127,938,019.85 2023 Yearly Totals: $1,634,983,542.79 in December.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 28, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We also note that the country of Albania has legalized medical cannabis. FLORIDA Several weeks ago, we promised “further bulletins as events warrant” in the Florida ballot initiative situation.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) today hosted the 2023 Tax Practitioners’ Meeting and PowerPoint presentation. The presentation included one significant cannabis tax item, the business expense deduction for licensed Illinois cannabis businesses. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 27, 2024

The Academic Cannabis Conference , produced by News Joint Events , is pleased to announce its full presenter lineup and schedule. Professors and professionals in the cannabis field will deliver research and educational presentations from 12:30-4:20 p.m. at the Garden Grove Event Center in Carbondale on May 4. 1:00 p.m. –

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 9, 2023

After reporting that Illinois adult-use cannabis prices were highest in the country , we decided to publish a 3-Part Series highlighting how recreational legalization in Illinois has affected price per gram for medical patients. per gram in January 2016, the first month of medical cannabis sales. in July 2023.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 12, 2023

In Part I and Part II of this 3-part series, we compared and contrasted registered medical cannabis patient’s price per gram for Dry Flower and Extracts before and after adult-use legalization, as well as adult-use and medical prices. RSO, which was not tracked as its own category until adult-use legalization, started at $58.30

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 29, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today finally released its January and February medical cannabis sales totals. January medical cannabis sales totals reached $24,338,551.30, and February totals reached $24,427,904.62. Each monthly total marked the lowest January and February totals since legalization in Illinois.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Marijuana Moment report on some of the panels being proposed for 2023…… Voting is now open for the public to decide which panels will make the stage at next year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival—and there are about 100 marijuana- and psychedelics-related proposals to pick from. Which Political Party Will Legalize Weed?

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 6, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released its June 2023 medical cannabis sales totals. For the last three months, monthly sales totals performed weaker than the three years since Illinois legalized recreational use. For 2023, monthly totals continue to hover around $27-$28 million. February: $26,652,042.97

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 28, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Starting on the East Coast, The First State in the Union became the 22nd state to legalize adult-use cannabis, after many years of struggling with the issue. Further bulletins as events warrant!

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 10, 2023

In Part 1 of this series, we compared and contrasted registered medical cannabis patient’s price per gram for dry flower before and after adult-use legalization, as well as adult-use and medical prices. Out of all the cannabis products in Illinois, medical cannabis Extracts have had the most volatile variances for price per gram.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 10, 2023

Welcome back to the Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the big news comes out of Oklahoma, where adult-use cannabis went down to defeat. And finally, San Francisco has a farmer’s market that’s just for cannabis. Further bulletins as events warrant.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 15, 2024

Hosted in the dispensary’s large outdoor parking lot at Wells and Ontario, the 420 Sesh Fest is set to include live DJs, food trucks, Stiiizy tie-dye tent, and vendors, a magic show, fun activities, prizes, and cannabis product discounts. that also will showcase his 93 Boyz line of cannabis products.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 11, 2023

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation today announced recreational cannabis sales totals for June 2023. June sales totals were the third-most monthly sales since recreational-use legalization began. 2023 total monthly sales include: January: $127,938,019.85 Illinois recorded $136,408,322.07

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation today announced recreational cannabis sales totals for July. For the second-straight month, Illinois set a new monthly sales record for 2023. Since legalization, July 2023 sales totals only trail December 2022 totals of $143,899,826.30. March: $134,790,381.77

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The Illinois cannabis industry continues into its fifth year of legalization, and the business markets is not slowing down. Earlier this month, nuEra Cannabis announced the company had become vertically integrated with its new acquisition. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 26, 2023

After the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced it was changing its legalities on cannabis curbside pickup for medical patients after the New Year, IDFPR then extended the variance that permitted curbside pickup through January. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 24, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. In other medical news, the DC Medical Cannabis Amendment Act went into effect. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) KENTUCKY We’ve got a lot of medical cannabis news this week – we’ll start in Kentucky.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have an update on Ohio, where legislators are re-writing the cannabis initiative language. Then, we travel overseas to Germany, where there seems to be a delay in legalization. to describe this situation.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 2, 2023

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for April 2023. In 2023, monthly out-of-state resident totals dropped to the mid-to-low $30 million. In April, Illinois sold 3,367,602 total cannabis items, and in-state resident sales reached $99,561,394.90.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 3, 2023

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced recreational cannabis sales totals for May 2023. After recording strong monthly sales totals for March and April, Illinois recorded its third-most monthly sales total since legalization. 2023 total monthly sales include: January: $127,938,019.85

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 2, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released its May 2023 medical cannabis sales totals. For the last two months, sales totals dipped lower than all three years since Illinois legalized recreational use. For 2023, monthly totals continue to hover around $28 million. in dry flower sales and $14,589,289.73

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for August. August continued Illinois’ strong monthly sales, recording the third-highest monthly sales totals since legalization at $139,224,010.03. August followed only July 2023 total of $140,048,722.23

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced Illinois’ January 2023 recreational sales totals today. monthly figure topped each previous January totals since legalization. In the first year of legalization for Illinois, January totals finished at $39,247,840.83. February: $113,993,046.06

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 4, 2023

Headset , a data platform for the cannabis economy, recently released a report that examined the Illinois cannabis market. In this article, we highlight one of the most glaring statists in the report: the price of cannabis in Illinois. Headset has the June 2023 price per gram in Illinois listed at $13.77. on June 1, 2023.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As of December 31, 2023, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officially removed cannabis from its list of banned substances for fighters. In a somewhat confusing move, UFC athletes with an upcoming fight in California have been warned against using cannabis before the event. The UFC prides itself on its policies.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 29, 2023

Imagine being able to go to the farmer’s market, and instead of buying food items, you get to examine cannabis plants, negotiate their prices, and have random conversations with the farmer. Thanks to the New York Office of Cannabis Management, the idea of a legal cannabis showcase program is now a reality.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Aurora Cannabis Club, small collective of cannabis growers/companies and enthusiasts, started April 20, 2021. The Aurora Cannabis Club, small collective of cannabis growers/companies and enthusiasts, started April 20, 2021. We have a lot of things we’re currently planning for the 2023 year,” Ryan said. “In

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

“This is an extinction event,” Johnny Casali, owner of Huckleberry Hill Farms , a cannabis farm in southern Humboldt County, said over the phone. Casali is referring to a recent wholesale price collapse in California’s outdoor-grown cannabis market. . That’s just in the legal market. Things are really, really bad.”.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced today the totals for adult-use cannabis sales in December and final total sales for the entire year. Illinois also sold the most cannabis items in one month since legalization at 3,446,978. December total adult-use sales reached $143,899,826.30.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 19, 2022

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have updates on Delaware, Ohio and South Carolina – three very different states grappling with legalization in three very different ways. This development involves cannabis and workers’ compensation.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

There has a been a lot going on as New York continues to move towards rolling out its full adult use cannabis licensing, which has itself led to a lot of confusion in terms of timelines. The most recent notable event was the end of the adult use regulation public comment period, which closed on February 13, 2023.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 11, 2022

In a move that typifies how indirect legislation can achieve what direct legislation may not, the House Appropriations Committee has advanced a bill that would allow for cannabis ads to be broadcast on local television and radio. In other words, the bill would not permit cannabis ads on local outlets. of adults who listen to radio.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Medical: legal Recreational: decriminalized. Cannabis is medically legal in the Czech Republic and has been since 2013. The country has progressive views on cannabis and first decriminalized small possession amounts back in the 1990s. Full recreational legalization is on the horizon in 2023.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 3, 2023

Rachel Ventura , who sponsored the bill, filed SB0125 with the Secretary January 24, 2023. The odor of cannabis alone shouldn’t be one of those reasons. Cannabis is legal in Illinois and it’s a pungent scent that can stick to clothes for extended periods of time.” The Senate voted 33–20 to pass SB0125 Thursday.

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