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First Month of Illinois Medical Marijuana Taxes Hits $57,000

Ilinois officials say the state's first medical marijuana patients have purchased nearly $801,000 worth of cannabis during the program's first month. Program director Joseph Wright announced the figures Wednesday. The numbers indicate Illinois has collected roughly $56,550 in taxes from…

Chicago’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens Uptown

December 10, 2015
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With about a dozen people on hand, Chicago's first medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors in Uptown on Wednesday. “We’ve been working so hard for so long," co-owner Zachary Zises told RedEye before the 11 a.m. opening of Dispensary 33 at 5001…

Prominent Chicago Chef to Make Edibles for Medical Marijuana Patients

December 9, 2015
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A top chef may soon be causing the munchies even as she satisfies them. Prominent Chicago chef Mindy Segal announced Tuesday she plans to create a line of cannabis-infused edible products for medical marijuana patients. Segal, the owner of HotChocolate…

Good Demand in Illinois For Marijuana During First Week of Medical Sales

Patients bought $210,000 of medical marijuana in the first week it was legal in Illinois, marking what patients and industry officials said was a welcome, if overdue, start. "By and large, things have gone well," said Joseph Wright, director of…

Illinois Medical Marijuana Sales Are Set to Begin

November 9, 2015
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Marijuana is expected to be sold legally in Illinois for the first time in decades Monday to those who have qualified to be among the first patients in the state's medical cannabis program. Barring any last-minute glitches, up to eight…

Excitement in Illinois as Sales of Medical Marijuana Draw Near

Patients say they will drive long distances to buy their first legal weed. Neighbors worry about loitering and crime. Police plan extra patrols in towns where dispensaries will sell, for the first time, medical marijuana in Illinois. Public sentiments range…

First Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Illinois Opens in Marion

October 14, 2015
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History was made in Marion when Harbory became the first medical marijuana dispensary in the state of Illinois to legally open its doors. Harbory is starting off with 13 full-time employees and will offer counseling, massage, and acupuncture. However, it…

Illinois Panel Adds 4 Pain Conditions to Be Treated by Medical Marijuana

An Illinois advisory board voted Wednesday to add chronic pain syndrome and three other pain conditions to the list of illnesses that can be treated by marijuana in Illinois. The state's Medical Cannabis Advisory Board had expressed frustration last month…

Medical Marijuana Industry in Illinois Launches a Million-Dollar Marketing Campaign

Hoping to jump-start a struggling industry, an Illinois medical marijuana business is launching a $1 million marketing campaign — despite a ban on advertising by growers in the state. Cresco Labs, which plans to open three pot cultivation centers, on…

Patients Who Need Medical Marijuana Face Huge Struggles in Illinois

In less than two months, if all falls into place as expected, the first batches of Illinois-grown medical cannabis will be arriving at dispensary shelves in Sauget, Collinsville and dozens of other towns around the state. But tens of thousands…

Illinois Dragging Its Feet on Conditions That Qualify for Medical Marijuana Use

Some who suffer from illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder, migraines and irritable bowel syndrome have been eagerly waiting to find out if they’ll be able to use medical marijuana. But the Rauner administration hasn’t yet announced its decision on…

Illinois Governor Tweaks Marijuana Decriminalization Bills

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner used his veto authority Friday to alter a pair of marijuana bills, setting higher fines in a measure decriminalizing small amounts of the drug and scaling back an extension to Illinois’ medical cannabis pilot…

Illinois Police Team Keeping Tabs on Medical Cannabis Disbanded Due to Budget

Among the casualties of the state’s budget impasse are a group of mostly retired police officers who were hired to watch over the state’s new medical marijuana program. The seven investigators, many of them retired Illinois State Police troopers, made…

Illinois Close to Approval For 1st Warehouse to Grow Medical Marijuana

Sunlight streaming through a glass roof in a rural warehouse will likely soon be feeding one of Illinois' first legal crops of marijuana seedlings. The company that owns the warehouse, PharmaCann LLC, is preparing for a final inspection from state…

Illinois Marijuana Businesses Worried About lack of Legal Customers

The number of people approved to use medical marijuana in Illinois remains too low to sustain the industry, business owners said. Only about 100 more patients have been cleared in the past month to access medical pot, raising the statewide…