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Dispensaries Grow Nearly 50-Percent as Illinois Nears One-Year Anniversary of Legal Recreational Cannabis Sales
Since Illinois launched recreational marijuana sales a year ago Friday, the amount of dispensaries across the state have nearly doubled. When legal recreational marijuana sales began on Jan 1, 2020, there were 43 dispensaries across the state, now there are 78, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Through November, total recreational marijuana sales in Illinois reached…
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First Recreational Cannabis Business Opens in Naperville
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,…
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Recreational Cannabis Sales Begin in Naperville
Recreational marijuana sales are underway in one of Chicago’s biggest suburbs. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports
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New Dispensary, 2nd Downtown, Opens In River North
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...
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Recreational Cannabis One Year Later: A Look at How it Has Grown
Business is booming for the state’s budding marijuana industry, but plans to help those impacted by the war on drugs have been hampered by the pandemic. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports
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Illinois Reports April Pot Sales Top Previous 2 Months
The legal sale of marijuana during Illinois’ first full month of lockdown due to the coronavirus surpassed sales in two previous months, state officials announced Monday.
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Cannabis Dispensaries in Illinois Remain Open, Change Protocols During COVID-19 Pandemic
As most of Illinois stays at home to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, cannabis dispensaries remain open in Illinois because the industry is considered essential. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.
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Illinois Poison Center Says an Increase in Calls Likely After Cannabis Legalization
For the first 12 days of the year, there were 11 cases of marijuana-only exposures in Illinois reported to the Illinois Poison Center. But what does that mean?
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High Expectations: NBC 5 Breaks Down Cannabis in Illinois in New Podcast
NBC 5 Investigates spent months unpacking information about the upcoming legalization of recreational cannabis and is unleashing that research in a new podcast
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Kenosha Police Put Out Message to Residents as Illinois Prepares for Legal Weed
Kenosha police want to make sure the only green being brought over the Illinois-Wisconsin border is Packers gear.
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Immigration Attorneys Urge Caution With New Marijuana Law
Recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois within weeks, but legal experts on Wednesday urged immigrants to exercise caution as marijuana use or cannabis-related jobs could mean repercussions including deportation.
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Illinois Approves 2 More Marijuana Cultivation Centers
Illinois has approved two more marijuana cultivation centers ahead of the start of legal recreational sales next year, officials announced Tuesday. The two sites, located in Albion and Shelbyville, brings the total number of cultivation centers in the state to 16, officials said. Initially, only cultivation centers that have been licensed to grow medical marijuana can able to apply for…
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NBC 5 Breaks Down Cannabis in Illinois in New Podcast
NBC 5 Investigates spent months unpacking information about the upcoming legalization of recreational cannabis and is unleashing that research in a new podcast. Phil Rogers reports.
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Cannabis Experts Answer Questions With Legalization Weeks Away
NBC 5 brought a panel of cannabis experts together Friday to answer viewers’ questions ahead of the Jan. 1 legalization date for recreational marijuana.
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Mayor, CPD Supt.: You Can Smoke Pot in Backyard After Jan. 1
Editor’s note: A panel of cannabis experts will answer your questions LIVE via an online chat from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. Get your questions ready and ask them here. No, you shouldn’t be ticketed for smoking weed in your own backyard or on your balcony in Chicago once recreational cannabis becomes legal in Illinois next year, the...
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CPD Details What You Should Know About Legal Weed Come Jan. 1
Editor’s note: A panel of cannabis experts will answer your questions LIVE via an online chat from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. Get your questions ready and ask them here. Legal weed is coming to Illinois but what exactly will be “legal” in the state? Chicago police put out an answer to that question this week. The department posted...
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CPD Details What You Should Know About Legal Weed Come Jan. 1
The Chicago Police Department posted a video with “things you should know” as recreational cannabis is legalized Jan. 1.
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Ex-Strip Club Honcho's Dispensary Gets Recreational License
A Near West Side pot shop owned by clout-heavy businessman Perry Mandera was granted a license to sell recreational weed when sales kick off next month. The Herbal Care Center, 1301 S. Western Ave., is the 30th weed store to obtain a dual-use license, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said in a statement Tuesday. With less than…