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 finished as the second-highest monthly total since legalization, only trailing December 2023 totals of $153,936,703.20.

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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.

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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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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 27, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation finally announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for May 2024. May total items sold, in-state sales, and overall sales totals reached the third-most monthly totals since legalization in Illinois. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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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. February: $24,427,904.62

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation today announced recreational cannabis sales totals for October 2024. Illinois’ yearly sales totals have increased each year since legalization (2020-2023) and are again on track to surpass 2023 totals of $1,634,983,542.79 for a new record high for 2024.

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Illinois News Joint

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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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 17, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for March 2024. March totals reached $148,872,065.12, the 2 nd highest monthly total since legalization. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89 February: $135,571,931.44 May: $44,317,385.72

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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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Illinois News Joint

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 were lower.

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Illinois News Joint

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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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 8, 2025

The first year of legalization in Illinois saw cannabis product shortages in dispensaries, and the products that were in stock gave consumers little to no variety. Five years later, dispensary menus in Illinois are full of new-to-the-menu products. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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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. January 2024 out-of-state resident sales plummeted to $29,739,097.19.

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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. NuEra has also announced plans to open a new dispensary in DeKalb by spring 2024.

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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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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

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

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois (CBAI) touted in a press release today five years of regulated adult-use cannabis. CBAI, which serves as the voice of Illinois cannabis industry, celebrated the milestone by reflecting on challenges and opportunities. The unregulated market faces no such rules.

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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.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 12, 2024

For the third day in a row, Governor JB Pritzker touted in a press release the administration’s committed efforts “to creating the most diverse cannabis industry in the country.” Yesterday, the Disparity and Availability Study for adult use cannabis licenses in Illinois was released.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 13, 2024

JB Pritzker hosted a press conference today to voice his support for House Bill 4293 and regulating intoxicating hemp products sold outside of a licensed cannabis dispensary. Lawmakers ultimately did not bring HB4293 to the floor for a vote in late May 2024, but HB4293 is still one final vote from being sent to Pritzker to sign into law.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 13, 2024

We recently reviewed two-of-three new “take-and-bake cake mixes that include fast-acting THC” ( Fudge Brownie and The Devil’s Food Cake ) from Cannabis Infused and West Town Bakery , which are available at OKAY Cannabis dispensaries. The Illinois Cannabis Convention runs from May 31 to June 1.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (MCAB) convened for its first official meeting yesterday. Monday, August 7, and started with introductions from the multitude of members with diverse cannabis-related backgrounds, including nurses, doctors, medical patients, teachers, and more. The next meeting is scheduled for February 2024.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

announced a change of its legal name to The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. Columbia Care will continue the process of converting its retail portfolio to the Cannabist brand across the country in 2024. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that applications for “Round II” of the Cannabis Social Equity Loan Program are now open. Applications for this round of loans will be accepted until April 17, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. on March 5. Governor Juliana Stratton. “As

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

SB1559 included House Amendment 004, which detailed three major changes to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. The two-year moratorium on new transporter licenses will allow the current, smaller independent transporters to secure contracts and grow their businesses. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 11, 2024

When I was younger, dreaming about a legal cannabis future that seemed so far away, one of the concepts we often spoke of was the proliferation of the cannabis cigar. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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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

JULY 10, 2024

Governor JB Pritzker today touted in a press release that Illinois reached $1 billion in cannabis retail sales and “continues to lead social equity efforts nationwide.” The press release stated, “This milestone was achieved nearly two weeks faster in 2024 compared to 2023, when the $1 billion sales mark was not reached until July 10.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Provide that no person shall sell cannabinoid product to any person under the age of 21 unless the person is a medical cardholder registered under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 2, 2023

One of the comments we get most, especially after publishing monthly cannabis sales totals, is, “Where’s all that tax money going?” According to the CROO website, the Illinois Department of Revenue posts monthly updates how the Cannabis Regulation Fund gets distributed. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 1, 2024

Applications must be submitted by April 30, 2024. R3 provides 25% of Cannabis Regulation and Trust Act tax revenues in grants to restore communities impacted by economic disinvestment, violence, and the severe and multilayered harm caused by the war on drugs. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We note that there’s been a settlement in the New York licensing lawsuit. We have some information on a nationwide poll of public sentiment on cannabis. Further bulletins as events warrant. Well, maybe not.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 13, 2025

The news story Illinois News Joint recently published that garnered the most attention was not about legislative battles and political bluster. But these legal improvements dont just happen by accident. The Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (MCAB) hosted its first meeting Aug. Bova received a letter from IDPH Nov.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 11, 2024

The Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (MCAB), in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Public Health , hosted its second virtual meeting today from 1-3 p.m. MCAB board members took preliminary votes to include two qualifying debilitating conditions for medical cannabis patients in Illinois.

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