recreational marijuana

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.

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.

The Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to look at applications for potential new dispensaries to sell recreational weed, according to Block Club Chicago.

NBC 5 Investigates spent months unpacking information about the upcoming legalization of recreational cannabis and is unleashing that research in a new podcast

Jackie Ryan was the first person to make a purchase as doors opened at the Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary on Chicago’s North Side.

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.

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.

NBC 5 brought a panel of cannabis experts together Friday to answer viewers’ questions ahead of the Jan. 1 legalization date for recreational marijuana.

With recreational marijuana sales in Illinois set to become legal on Jan. 1., the city of Evanston plans to use sales tax revenue from purchases to help fund a reparations program. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

With recreational marijuana sales in Illinois set to become legal on Jan. 1., the city of Evanston plans to use sales tax revenue from purchases to help fund a reparations program. The program will focus on helping the city’s black community thrive by fighting the effects of slavery and discrimination while also providing job training and other benefits, said 5th...

All told, 31 cannabis dispensaries entered today’s lottery, where the city of Chicago chose where they will be allowed to open recreational marijuana stores.

The Orland Park Village Board voted unanimously Monday to ban the sale of recreational marijuana within the southwest suburb’s village limits.

Chicago citizens turned out in force Tuesday evening to talk about marijuana as its recreational use becomes legal on Jan. 1. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

Olga Sánchez Cordero, 71, a Mexican jurist who has served as a member of the Supreme Court of the Nation, will be the first woman to take the interior secretary position. As part of this transformation Sánchez Cordero, an advocate for abortion and same-sex marriage, has began to push in favor of the recreational use of marihuana and eventually opium...