Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 15, 2023

For the last few years, we have been tracking and adding an increasing number of cannabis-related events to our Events Calendar , and with more yearly and monthly events come even more variety. The variety of these three larger events alone is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Illinois officials recently released the Annual Cannabis Report for Fiscal Year 2024. The 144-page report, compiled by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), incorporates data from several state departments. Increase public outreach with the industry, newcomers to cannabis, advocacy groups, and the general public.

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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. March: $148,872,065.12

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JUNE 23, 2024

The 2024 Hemp Research Open House is set to run from 9 a.m.- Free registration for the event can be found here. The event also will host hempcrete demos and opportunities to learn about the IHGA, NHA, and their collaboration on the Decatur Water Quality Initiative Hemp Pilot. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) and the Pritzker Administration today announced recreational cannabis sales. The December 2024 totals of $153,249,701.54 Sales taxes collected at Illinois cannabis dispensaries totaled more than $490 million in 2024, per the Illinois Department of Revenue.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

A month later, the premiere resource for the Illinois cannabis industry was born. For 2024, we have added more advertising options, new services, and updated our logos and website. The two new services include News Joint Events and News Joint Consulting. Each year since, we have expanded our publication and added new services.

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OCTOBER 28, 2023

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) released a bulletin Friday to 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. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 12, 2025

multi-state cannabis operator, announced in May 2022 it had closed the definitive agreement to acquire two Herbal Remedies Dispensaries. Herbal Remedies Quincy was among the first cannabis dispensaries licensed in the State of Illinois when the State approved the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program in 2013.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 9, 2025

Rachel Ventura , removes the requirement that cannabis within any area of a motor vehicle must be in an odor-proof container. Molina case that raw cannabis aroma alone is sufficient probable cause for a warrantless search of a motor vehicle based on the stringent odor-proof container requirement in the Vehicle Code.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for September 2024. For the time in seven months, monthly totals dipped below 140 million, hitting the third-lowest total in 2024 at $136,508,866.78. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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APRIL 1, 2025

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) finally announced recreational cannabis sales totals for February 2025. February 2025 sales totals dipped to $130,608,286.57, nearly $5 million less than February 2024 totals of $135,571,931.44. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 4, 2025

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its March 2025 medical cannabis sales totals. Retail sales of medical cannabis for March reached $22,108,115.88 to outpace January and February totals but was still lower than the last four previous March totals and all but one monthly total in 2024.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2025

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 dropped nearly $40 millions from the 2023 totals of $324,792,664.73. March: $25,917,010.11

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 5, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its June medical cannabis sales totals. May totals dropped to $23,105,926.95, the lowest monthly sales total since before Illinois legalized recreational cannabis (January 2020). Total retail sales for 2024 reached $147,266,853.89. in concentrates/infused products.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

After not announcing the monthly totals for July, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for July and August 2024. In July, dispensaries sold 4,134,393 cannabis items, and in-state resident sales reached $110,906,006.46. February: $135,571,931.44

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation today announced recreational cannabis sales totals for October 2024. for a new record high for 2024. for a new record high for 2024. Total sales for 2024 (December and November not included) have already reached $1,556,730,290.66. March: $148,872,065.12

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 15, 2024

NECANN has announced its program schedule for the 2024 Illinois Cannabis Convention. The 2024 Illinois Cannabis Convention programing contributors include The 1937 Group , Illinois Women in Cannabis , Smart Cannabis , and others. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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JUNE 27, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation finally announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for May 2024. In May, dispensaries sold 4,112,540 cannabis items, and in-state resident sales reached $113,119,777.82. Each category trails monthly totals from April 2024 and December 2023 totals.

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MARCH 29, 2025

In response to requests for additional time, the Illinois Department of Agricultures Division of Cannabis Regulation announced it has extended the deadline for product registration updates. Legacy product registrations (processed before August 2024) were migrated online with minimal details and no images.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its September medical cannabis sales totals. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 58,577 unique patients, who purchased 1,221,636 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $249,702,549.44.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 19, 2024

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. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Be the cannabis culture you want to see in the world by bookmarking and attending these dope AF Cups. It's getting hot and heavy out there.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

16, and with a new legislation session inevitably comes new proposed cannabis laws. Chicago NORML is set to host its first monthly meeting of the year to discuss the state of medical cannabis before the next legislation session begins. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. The meeting is set for Jan. 3:30 p.m. “We

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AUGUST 12, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its July medical cannabis sales totals. were the second-lowest monthly sales total since Illinois legalized recreational cannabis (January 2020). Only June 2024 (the previous month) medical cannabis sales totals of $23,105,926.95 July totals of $23,351,249.87

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

The case involves defendant Vincent Molina, who was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis by a passenger in a motor vehicle for not storing the cannabis in an odor-proof container. In both cases, law enforcement used the smell of cannabis as probable cause to search the individual’s vehicle.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 1, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday released its April medical cannabis sales totals. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 62,864 unique patients, who purchased 1,360,599 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $2,063,314,235.32.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

News Joint Events is ecstatic to announce one-of-two cannabis events we are producing this spring. This event is free to all adults 21 years of age or older. The Eve of the Eclipse Cannabis Carnival is set for 3-10 p.m. News Joint Events can be found on Instagram at @newsjointevents. in Carbondale.

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JUNE 28, 2024

In the latest issues of The Flinn Report , Illinois lawmakers and the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) moved new cannabis-infuser rulemaking regarding cannabis infuser license holders to a Second Notice, commencing The Joint Committee On Administrative Rules (JCAR) review period. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) recently released two press announcements dealing with the new online portal for cannabis businesses. The first announcement stated that Illinois is set to streamline cannabis business operations with the launch of the new online licensing portal (see following article about paperless system ).

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JUNE 13, 2024

The announcement states, “As previously announced on December 28, 2023, due to a number of factors, the operational deadline for Craft Growers awarded an initial license with effective dates August 1, 2021–July 31, 2022, (Group 1), was extended to August 1, 2024.”IDOA For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 9, 2024

In the latest issues of The Flinn Report , the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) adopted an amendment to correct “errors in the listed fees for modifications and alterations to licensed infuser facilities,” effective July 24, 2024. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, subscribe to Illinois News Joint ’s newsletter here.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its August medical cannabis sales totals. Monthly totals have hovered around $23 million for the past three months, which has been the top three lowest-monthly totals since Illinois legalized recreational cannabis (January 2020). August totals reached $23,512,759.13.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for January 2024. Illinois countered its low out-of-state resident sales with strong in-state resident sales to kick off 2024 with its highest January in-state resident sales since legalization. May: $132,777,299.46

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 4, 2024

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. Retail sales of medical cannabis for November included $11,217,284.40 Monthly Totals for 2024: January: $24,338,551.30

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AUGUST 23, 2024

The 5th Annual Hemp Cannabis Symposium , sponsored by the Southern Illinois University Cannabis Science Center , is set to start at 8 a.m. This symposium’s focus is “Cannabis Science: Advancing Academic and Industry Collaboration.” Working groups across campus work together with a combined interest in cannabis.

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MAY 22, 2024

We’re one week away from the 2024 Illinois Cannabis Convention , and Illinois News Joint invites vendors and attendees to stop by Booth 221 for some free swag and learn about the array of services we provide for the Illinois cannabis industry, including News Joint Events, News Joint Printing, News Joint Bar Service, News Joint Consulting, and more.

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APRIL 15, 2024

After finishing its Boston conference, NECANN has now shifted to the 2024 Illinois Cannabis Convention. Jim Belushi is scheduled to be among the 50-plus cannabis industry-expert speakers. Attendees to the Illinois Cannabis Convention patients, entrepreneurs, people just curious about cannabis, and more.

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