cannabis

Seemingly contradictory findings show why more research into the effects of cannabis on the heart and the rest of the body is needed.

New Jersey, Arizona, Montana and South Dakota voted on Election Day to authorize the use of recreational marijuana, while Mississippi made medicinal use legal. Ryan Vandrey, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, breaks down the ripple effect of this green wave.

It could be a landmark election year for the legal marijuana industry.

Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota and Montana will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in their states this Election Day. Business Insider reporter Jeremy Berke breaks down the probability of legalization in each state and discusses where the presidential candidates stand on the issue.

Mainers are getting their first opportunity to legally buy marijuana for adult recreational use, but a supply shortage is a potential buzzkill. Retailers blame the pandemic and a limited number of licensed manufacturers for reducing the variety of products available on Friday, the opening day. Licenses were issued only a month ago. That didn’t dampen Matt Bourgeois’ enthusiasm for...

Recreational cannabis officially became for sale Thursday in Naperville with the grand opening of the city’s first adult-use cannabis dispensary. The former 3C Compassionate Care Center, located at 1700 Quincy Ave., has been rebranded as Rise Naperville by Green Thumb Industries Inc. The facility has been selling medicinal marijuana since 2016. “We believe that the public wants access to safe,…

Recreational marijuana sales are underway in one of Chicago’s biggest suburbs. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports

In Colorado, 570 stores now sell legal pot statewide. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers begins a deep dive into what Illinois can expect as a new recreational cannabis law goes into effect next year.

Illinois tweaked how business owners seeking recreational marijuana licenses can apply following complaints that the process favored politically connected and rich applicants over minorities and veterans who were supposed to benefit.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is set to discuss Tuesday how the state plans to ensure fairness when it comes to who gets adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses in the state.

As Gov. J.B. Pritzker appeared at a news conference Friday to announce investments to expand job opportunities in Chicago, a group of protesters showed up, demanding changes to the state’s cannabis lottery process. “The lottery is a game of chance,” said Rickey Hendon, a former Illinois State Senator who led the protest. “We ain’t playing no games, and we...

As Gov. J.B. Pritzker appeared at a news conference Friday to announce investments to expand job opportunities in Chicago, a group of protesters showed up, demanding changes to the state’s cannabis lottery process. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Two companies that were rejected for Illinois marijuana licenses have filed a lawsuit to delay the state from awarding licenses to the winning applicants. The state announced that only 21 of 700 applicants would proceed to a lottery for 75 licenses. Southshore Restore and Heartland Greens did not make the cut and are suing the state’s Department of Financial and…

Perhaps it is a testimonial to the now-mainstream nature of cannabis in Illinois, that the latest dispensary in Chicago is just a stone’s throw from the Ohio street exit ramp into downtown. Oh, and there’s free parking. “You get off at Ohio street and there’s this big dispensary saying, ‘now open,’” said MOCA’s principal officer Doug Marks. “That shows...

A second cannabis dispensary has opened in downtown Chicago and is just a stone’s throw from the Ohio street exit ramp into downtown. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports

Jim Belushi explains how he became a cannabis farmer.

Officials in Evanston, Ill. are proposing sale tax from the sales of cannabis be used to fund a proposal for reparations.

Just days after opening the city of Chicago’s second cannabis dispensary in the River North neighborhood, Modern Cannabis, known as MOCA, has already been shut down. “On July 16, 2020, DOB issued a stop work order at 216 W. Ohio St., a pending cannabis dispensary, due to work being completed without the proper permits,” the Chicago Department of Buildings told NBC…

It was one year ago that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the law legalizing recreational cannabis in Illinois. “We want to make sure that we’re building this market the right way,” Pritzker told his audience that day. “And that there’s ownership spread across communities that have historically not had the opportunity.” When sales began on a very cold New Year’s...