Illinois News Joint

APRIL 4, 2025

Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 56,847 unique patients, who purchased 1,298,645 grams of dry cannabis. Monthly Totals for 2023: January: $27,621,022.42 2023 Yearly Totals: $353,601,178.56 Retail sales of medical cannabis for March totaled $10,816,859.45 in dry flower and $11,291,256.40 February: $19,748,199.87

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The Cannigma

JUNE 21, 2025

2023) conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study demonstrating that a CBD- and CBG-enriched beverage supported recovery from Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) (Marques et al., Regular use can improve motivation, performance, and longevity in physical activity Peters, Yardley, Harrison, et al.

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Veriheal

JUNE 10, 2025

This passage also spurred the development of an eagerly anticipated psychedelic-assisted therapy industry, now ready to see its very first patients very soon. Existing wellness and therapy centers can apply for a micro-healing center license that can integrate psychedelic-assisted therapy into their offerings for their patients.

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Veriheal

JUNE 26, 2025

Photo Credit: iStock With first-line recommended mental health interventions for PTSD treatment failing to eliminate symptoms in an average of 40% of patients in clinical studies, finding alternative effective and accessible treatments for PTSD is an urgent task from both an economic and public health standpoint.

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Americans for Safe Access

DECEMBER 31, 2022

This year Americans for Safe Access celebrated our 20-year anniversary. During 2022, I spent a lot of time reconnecting with ASA members and supporters. One common thing I heard from everyone was despair about the state of medical cannabis in the U.S.

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NORML

DECEMBER 28, 2022

As a patient and consumer focused advocacy organization, NORML prioritizes efforts in favor of state-level legislation that seeks to achieve the following goals. We are also keeping an eye on the following states for 2023 advancement.

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Americans for Safe Access

JANUARY 11, 2023

On January 5, 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal from the Arizona Department of Child Safety, letting stand a lower court decision that Lindsay Ridgell’s medicinal use of cannabis while pregnant did not constitute child neglect and ordered her name be removed from the state’s child abuse registry.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2023

The post State Policy Weekly Update 5/24/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights include LA, ME, MD, MN, MT, NV, NH, NY, OH, PA, and RI.

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Americans for Safe Access

JANUARY 27, 2023

Almost every conversation I have had in 2023 with medical cannabis stakeholders has been full of doom and gloom. Advocates are discouraged, businesses are frustrated, patients are disheartened, and frankly I am getting a little tired of it! Policies, like patients, get infected if they stay in triage for too long.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 4, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) updated its January 2023 and February 2023 medical cannabis sales totals yesterday for the first time this year. Medical cannabis sales for 2023 started well below the 2022 and 2021 monthly totals. In January 2023, Illinois collected $27,621,022.42

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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 amendments to the law legislators have introduced.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently released its December 2023 medical cannabis sales totals. for the third-highest monthly total in 2023, behind March’s $29,018,805.60 Total 2023 medical cannabis sales reached $324,792,664.73, which was the lowest yearly total since adult-use legalization. May: $27,461,289.64

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Americans for Safe Access

MARCH 28, 2025

Americans for Safe Access members were at the Ohio State House on March 20th to remind policymakers to prioritize Ohio medical cannabis patients as they consider cannabis legislation this session.

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Leafly

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Tulsa is one of two major cannabis hubs in Oklahoma that have fully embraced medical cannabis and its community of patients. Today, over 200 medical dispensaries have set up shop throughout the metro area, making medical cannabis accessible […] The post The best-rated weed dispensaries in Tulsa for 2023 appeared first on Leafly.

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Americans for Safe Access

AUGUST 1, 2023

My educational investment in the industry has offered me, through my focus on regulation and policy, the opportunity to collaborate as an advisor with several advocacy and education intermediary organizations focused on federal policy change for medical cannabis patients and a nascent, struggling industry that is supporting them.

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Project CBD

APRIL 26, 2023

CBD, Psychosis & Glucose Metabolism A March 2023 study in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry 4 suggests that CBD may act through a PPAR receptor to enhance cerebral glucose metabolism, alterations of which are associated with a host of metabolic and cognitive disorders. 2023, doi:10.3390/ijms24076060 Karkhanis, Anil et al.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 28, 2023

One of those events is the Illinois Women in Cannabis’ (IWC) 2023 Annual Spring Conference: “Empowering Women in the Illinois Cannabis Industry: Advancing Gender Equity Now” set for March. The 2023 Annual Spring Conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 25. Friday, February 3. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As we reflect on the success of the 2022 recipients, we are thrilled to introduce the exceptional winners of the 2023 scholarship. Without further to do, here are the bright and brilliant recipients of the 2023 Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship. Veriheal recognizes the financial challenges students face in pursuing higher education.

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Leafly

JULY 24, 2023

Since medical legalization passed in 2017, Maryland’s medical cannabis program has expanded to include over 100 medical dispensaries, with more patients getting medical licenses every day. The high demand for medical cannabis in the Old Line State has left patients keen on knowing which medical dispensaries in Maryland are the best.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The 2023 Illinois Cannabis Convention has a new location. Attendees to the Illinois Cannabis Convention patients, entrepreneurs, people just curious about cannabis, and more. To qualify and receive a medical patient card at a discounted rate, visit here. and Saturday June 3, from 10 a.m.–3

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 24, 2023

Altius was the recipient of the third of almost 200 new adult use cannabis dispensaries set to open in 2023 and beyond. Altius is an adult-use dispensary but offers registered medical patients 20% discount on all purchases. To qualify and receive a medical patient card at a discounted rate, visit here. to to 10 p.m. on Sundays.

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Project CBD

JUNE 20, 2023

In a newly published survey of 162 IBD patients in Puerto Rico, where medical cannabis is legal but recreational use is punishable with prison time , about 25% anonymously reported using cannabis to treat their symptoms. Findings from another recent survey of New York and Minnesota medical cannabis dispensary patients were similar.

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NORML

AUGUST 13, 2019

Senate Bill 2023 expands the state’s medical cannabis program by adding several new qualifying conditions, allowing physicians assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to recommend medical cannabis to their patients, allowing minor patients to have up to three caregivers instead of two, among other changes.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 5, 2023

To qualify and receive a medical patient card at a discounted rate, visit here. The post My experience at Higher Love 2023 appeared first on Illinois News Joint. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 16, 2024

A recent 2023 study published in the prestigious journal Orthopedics suggests cannabidiol (CBD) is becoming quite popular among families of children with cerebral palsy (CP) – indicating that nature’s plant may be doing some serious good for those who need it most.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

’s medical cannabis program come on the heels of a previously enacted emergency amendment focused on senior citizens: The Medical Marijuana Patient Access Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 allowed D.C. A Temporary Triumph for Medical Cannabis Patients. The State of Patients’ Rights and Access in America Today.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 22, 2023

Effective July of 2023, the new legislation aims to regulate medical and recreational cannabis as similarly as possible, holding them to the same standards. Here is a closer look at what legal cannabis may look like for patients and marijuana users in the state of Maryland. This applies to both medical and adult-use cannabis.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 13, 2023

GEORGIA Medical marijuana patients in Georgia will soon be able to obtain low THC oil at independent pharmacies around the state – the only place in the country where this is possible. We’re going to have patients that need this health care in some remote parts of Georgia that probably would never have a dispensary near them.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 7, 2024

No data exists on how many registered medical patients are actively growing cannabis in Illinois. Though many reasons factor into the number of patients who grow and why, two trendlines that are heading in opposite direction may suggest more medical cannabis patients in Illinois are opting to grow their own medicine.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its October 2023 medical cannabis sales totals of $26,244,555.82, the first uptick since March 2023. Total 2023 retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries have totaled $271,357,790.69. Monthly Totals for 2023: January: $27,621,022.42

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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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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently released its November 2023 medical cannabis sales totals of $25,582,066.92. Illinois licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 62,489 unique patients, who purchased 1,274,387 grams of dry cannabis. Monthly Totals for 2023: January: $27,621,022.42 February: $26,652,042.97

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Project CBD

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Instead, patients turn to a mix of whatever individual medications, therapies, and lifestyle changes (especially exercise) help ease symptoms and improve quality of life. No single drug yet exists to address all of the disease’s effects on the body, which can include widespread aches and pains, sleeplessness, fatigue, anxiety, and depression.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The Alliance for Rights-Oriented Drug Policy (AROD) and the Patient Association for Safe Cannabis Use (PASCAN) invite to a celebration for human rights outside the Director of Public Prosecutions’ office on 20 April 2023 at 14-16. There will be music, appeals, cannabis plants, and responsible citizens.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2025

The 2024 totals dropped nearly $40 millions from the 2023 totals of $324,792,664.73. The 2023 totals dropped nearly $29 million from the 2022 totals of $353,601,178.56. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 59,441 unique patients, who purchased 1,308,958 grams of dry cannabis. 2023 Yearly Totals: $353,601,178.56

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Veriheal

APRIL 26, 2023

Only if products are manufactured before July 1, 2023, will the fine be exempted. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) that would have carved a new path for recreational sales to start in 2023. The post Virginia Governor Calls for Amendments to Restriction Bill That Protects Patient Access to CBD Products appeared first on Cannabis Central.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released its July 2023 medical cannabis sales totals late today. Despite an upward trend and recent record totals for adult-use sales, medical cannabis sales continued its downward trend since March 2023. July 2023 medical cannabis sales totaled $26,844,669.58. March: $29,018,805.60

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