Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It’s hard to believe Illinois News Joint has reached its fourth year as a publication. November 2019, during a meeting at Flesor’s Candy Kitchen (a central Illinois gem), our web designer agreed to create an Illinois News Joint website. Each year since, we have expanded our publication and added new services.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The Cannabis Man Podcast has announced that it expanded the brand’s content with a companion newsletter. The weekly newsletter, The Weekly Chronic , aims to provide subscribers with exclusive content, extended interviews, industry news, and behind-the-scenes insights not covered in the podcast. Subscribe to The Weekly Chronic here.

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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. In February 2025, Illinois dispensaries sold 3,814,569 cannabis items in February 2025. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, subscribe to Illinois News Joint s newsletter here.

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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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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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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. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 22, 2025

The legalized cannabis industry will be in full swing at the Flower Expo Illinois at Sarabande from 12-10 p.m. The Flower Expo is scheduled to host several dispensaries and cannabis brands for its inaugural Illinois event in which Brands Meet Buyers at a high-vibe, consumption-friendly trade show. Tuesday, March 25.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Since the opening of Illinois’ legal market, the preroll category has evolved significantly, with many companies now offering multipack and infused joints. ILNJ photo For more Illinois cannabis industry news, subscribe to Illinois News Joint’s newsletter here. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 2, 2024

Tickets for this legal consumption event can be purchased here. at the High Harbor Cannabis Lounge & Event Center (1321 North Park Road in West Peoria). For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Doors open at 7 p.m.,

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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. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 21, 2024

at the High Harbor Cannabis Lounge & Event Center (1321 North Park Road in West Peoria) Saturday, Aug. Tickets for this legal consumption event can be purchased here. 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 1, 2024

The inaugural Eve of the Eclipse Cannabis Carnival: A Masquerade and Cosplay Party has released times and categories for its Costume Contests. The Eve of the Eclipse Cannabis Carnival invites all attendees to don their best costume or masquerade disguise and enter the Costume Contest for a chance to win a prize packet.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 4, 2024

Before legalization, once aspect of cannabis news coverage I loathed was when professional news broadcasters would snicker, make jokes, or lose all seriousness as they reported cannabis news, a pattern I never noticed with any other news topics. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 2, 2024

Join Illinois News Joint (at our booth) at the Popcorn Launch Party , hosted by Enliven Edibles , from 7-10 p.m. at the High Harbor Cannabis Lounge & Event Center (1321 North Park Road in West Peoria) Saturday, Aug. The event is set to show an outdoor movie, launch Enliven’s new infused popcorn line, and more.

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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

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The passing of Senate Bill 1559 is another example of how the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act continues to evolve. Lightford is scheduled to host an informative town hall meeting to discuss several aspects of Illinois’ sometimes confusing cannabis law. The event is free and open to the public. Wednesday, Nov.

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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). For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. March: $35,688,321.20

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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

MARCH 5, 2023

As the season teases warm days this week, event planners are hoping for complementary weather forecast for later this month and early April. One of those outdoor events is a Customer Appreciation Day hosted by Blooms Brothers Hydro , located in The Apple House in Terre Haute, Indiana. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m.-4

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

From day one of publishing Illinois News Joint , the single issue brought to our attention the most by registered qualifying patient under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act has been the restrictions on how many plants a patient can grow. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Saturday marked the 4th Annual SIUC Cannabis Science Center Hemp Symposium and an opportunity for me to take a firsthand look at some of the cutting edge research done right here in southern Illinois. The SIU Cannabis Science Center was established to form a collaborative network for cannabis research.

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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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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

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. per gram in February.

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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 July totals of $23,351,249.87

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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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APRIL 25, 2025

As cannabis becomes legal in more places, sports have increasingly become open about the connection between the two. Crescos spin-off Good News released a new Tee Time line. Good News Tee Time Lemonade Infused Prerolls came as a 5 pack of half-gram distillate and botanical-terpene infused prerolls.

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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. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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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

APRIL 11, 2023

The 420 Events are filling up our Events Calendar page. Green Rose River North is scheduled to host one of those events. The dispensary’s large outdoor parking lot at Wells and Ontario will be the event grounds. The event will feature live performances by Attack the Sound and Tamarie T and Thee Elektra Kumpany.

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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

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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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 3, 2024

One of the cannabis byproducts that held an outsized value in the days before legalization was kief. Paul Bunyan is appealing to these customers with the label’s new one-gram Hybrid Kief offering. Mixed into a bowl or joint though, the kief flavor receded into the background, matting the other product as the star.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 15, 2023

In our six-part series, “ Part 2: What Illinois cannabis patients really want ,” we discussed the absence of safe on-premise spaces in Illinois for legal consumption of cannabis. We hope this new exemption will be flexible enough to apply to all potential on-premise businesses,” said Nathan. “We

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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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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. The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, January 14, from 7-9 p.m.

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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. The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois (CBAI) also quickly responded by applauding Pritzkers support for HB4293 and hemp regulations. We applaud Gov.

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