Marijuana stores should take concrete steps to prioritize medical patients over recreational customers, state regulators said Friday. Cannabis dispensaries should keep one sales window open for medical patients, may not reserve products for recreational customers, and must allow medical patients to buy up to 2.5 times any limit they set on recreational products, under new […]
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Customers bought nearly $40 million in recreational marijuana during the first month of sales in Illinois
Customers spent more than $39.2 million on recreational marijuana during the first month of legal weed sales in Illinois, and about a quarter of that came from out-of-state residents. Sales to Illinois residents totaled more than $30.6 million, according to numbers from the state’s Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Out-of-state residents spent more than […]
You can apply to run a recreational pot shop in Illinois starting Tuesday — but hurry
State regulators will start accepting applications Tuesday for the next round of licenses to operate recreational pot shops in Illinois. Applications will be accepted until Jan. 2 — the day after recreational sales kick off — and up to 75 conditional dispensary licenses will be issued by May 1, according to the Illinois Department of Financial […]
