Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

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. Illinois dispensaries in December 2024 also recorded the most cannabis products sold in a month at 4,515,972 and the highest in-state-resident sales at $120,76,516.83.

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Leafly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Hot flower, edible, and concentrate brands to check out on your next dispensary visit in New York. The post Discover New York’s dankest cannabis brands [September 2024] appeared first on Leafly.

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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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Leafly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Leafly rates the Powerzzzup-bred flower 2090 S**t—sold under the Cookies brand in legal New Jersey dispensaries.

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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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Leafly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The post New York’s essential cannabis experiences [September 2024] appeared first on Leafly. Here’s your up to the minute tracker for cannabis-friendly experiences throughout the Big Apple.

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Connor & Connor PLLC

MAY 12, 2025

With the rapid expansion of the cannabis industry, entrepreneurs face a range of legal and regulatory hurdles that can make the process daunting. One of the most significant legal hurdles in the cannabis industry is dealing with land use and zoning regulations. Starting a cannabis business can be both exciting and challenging.

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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 March: $148,872,065.12

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 1, 2025

After kicking off 2025 with the highest January sales total since legalization, February sales dipped to the lowest monthly total since January 2023, and for only the second time since legalization, monthly sales totals decreased from the previous years monthly totals. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 5, 2024

May totals dropped to $23,105,926.95, the lowest monthly sales total since before Illinois legalized recreational cannabis (January 2020). In June, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,112,600.33 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 60,401 unique patients, who purchased 1,265,482 grams of dry cannabis. February: $24,427,904.62

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

states and the District of Columbia currently have legal cannabis, medical or recreational. Despite this massive shift in cannabis policy, however, a few states are still dragging their feet on cannabis legalization. To its credit, the state does seem to be making minor strides toward cannabis legalization lately.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 20, 2025

The Oregon District Court issued a ruling today whereby it PERMANENTLY ENJOINS AND RESTRAINS the OLCC and other State actors from enforcing Measure 119 against Bubbles Hash and Ascend Dispensary, the plaintiffs that sued over BM 119s constitutionality. You can view Judge Simons Opinion and Order here , and the Judgment here.

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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. July totals reached $143,344,184.07, and August sales totaled reached $147,391,733.03, the third-highest monthly totals since legalization (January 2000).

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Cannabis Life Network

JULY 5, 2023

Maryland has begun legal cannabis sales eight months after voters approved a ballot measure. The state gave medical cannabis dispensaries the green light to sell to the state’s new recreational customers. Other licenses will begin getting issued in 2024. Maryland defines adults as 21 and older, limiting them to 1.5

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Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

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 program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 12, 2024

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 In July, Illinois dispensaries sold 11,151,118.24 Total retail sales for 2024 reached $170,617,973.63. July totals of $23,351,249.87

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Cannabis legalization is a big hit! Despite what opponents of cannabis legalization have to say about it, it’s working. Cannabis legalization has increased job availability across many legal sectors of employment, including the agricultural industry. Americans have and continue to support cannabis legalization.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 17, 2024

REGULATE INTOXICATING HEMP The proliferation of intoxicating hemp products is undermining Illinois carefully crafted legal cannabis market. State licensed cannabis dispensaries adhere to strict protocols for cultivation, processing, and distribution to ensure the safety and well-being of consumers.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A legislative committee voted vigorously in opposition to medical cannabis legalization in North Carolina six years ago, but things have changed a lot since then. In a groundbreaking moment on Tuesday, August 24, North Carolina Senate committee voted in approval of a revised bill to legalize medical cannabis statewide.

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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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

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). In August, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,332,050.49 Total retail sales for 2024 reached $194,130,227.26. in concentrates/infused products.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 12, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced today that The Dispensary Champaign became the 100th social equity cannabis dispensary to open in Illinois. The Dispensary Champaign celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony at their new storefront located at 1826 Glen Park Drive in Champaign.

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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

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. One such product includes Kick The Itch Lotion by Pheotera Grove.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 29, 2024

Each monthly total marked the lowest January and February totals since legalization in Illinois. In January, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,505,949.92 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 60,179 unique patients, who purchased 1,251,318 grams of dry cannabis. In February, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,474,605.18

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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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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Florida-based cannabis giant Trulieve recently doubled its contribution to the Smart & Safe Florida political committee with another $5 million toward a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis. 1, 2024, with election officials needing 30 days to check signatures before that deadline.

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Veriheal

JUNE 9, 2023

Colorado is boldly moving to bring cannabis sales online, Florida’s attorney general put a damper on the state’s legalization push, and a Massachusetts biotech company began developing a psilocybin-based drug. Jared Polis signed a bill to legalize online sales of cannabis. Last week, Colorado Gov.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 2, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Minnesota legalize adult-use cannabis. New Hampshire presses pause on their legalization effort. Minnesota is now the 23rd state to legalize. Could 2024 be the year?

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

California is looking to bolster its struggling cannabis market, Australia made psychedelic history, and Pennsylvania inched toward recreational legalization. Late last week, Assembly Member Matt Haney introduced legislation that would make it easier for cannabis dispensaries to sell food, drinks, and tickets to events.

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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. For information on becoming a 2024 exhibitor, contact john@necann.com.

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Leafly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Hot flower, edible, and concentrate brands to check out on your next dispensary visit in New York. The post Discover New York’s dankest cannabis brands [September 2024] appeared first on Leafly.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In fact, only one cannabis-related bill, House Bill 1443 (HB1443), has been passed since recreational legalization in January 2020. One amendment untethered patients to one medical dispensary at a time by removing restrictions on where medical cardholders can purchase medicine without having to switch online dispensary status.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Rather than a ballot initiative , Connecticut, New Mexico, New York, and Virginia legalized the plant for adult-use purposes via a legislative process. They follow in the footsteps of Vermont, which became the first legislative-driven legal cannabis state back in 2018. Legal Cannabis Business Framework .

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

While cannabis legalization moves full steam ahead through much of the Northeast, the southeastern U.S. As such, we thought we’d take a moment to round up the status of cannabis legalization in the South, an area worth watching. has been notably slow to uptake major reforms.

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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. NuEra has also announced plans to open a new dispensary in DeKalb by spring 2024. Earlier this month, nuEra Cannabis announced the company had become vertically integrated with its new acquisition.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Collectively, the ten dispensaries owe more than $14.4 All of the money and proceeds earned at the auction will go towards paying the tax debt owed by the raided dispensaries. It will be held on February 16, 2024, at 777 W. We can tell you–the local police department auctions them off. million in unpaid taxes.

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