Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2025

For 2024, retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries finished at $285,059,601.92. The 2024 totals continued a 3-year downward trend for yearly totals, dropping below $300 million for the first time since 2019. The 2024 totals dropped nearly $40 millions from the 2023 totals of $324,792,664.73.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In September, Illinois dispensaries sold $10,516,825.48 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 58,577 unique patients, who purchased 1,221,636 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $249,702,549.44. Monthly Totals for 2024: January: $24,338,551.30

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 1, 2024

In April, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,853,546.55 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 62,864 unique patients, who purchased 1,360,599 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $2,063,314,235.32. Total retail sales for 2024 reached $99,749,327.83.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 5, 2024

In March, Illinois dispensaries sold $12,245,278.55 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 62,518 unique patients, who purchased 1,343,762 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $2,038,247,899.49. Total retail sales for 2024 reached $74,682,676.11.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 12, 2024

Only June 2024 (the previous month) medical cannabis sales totals of $23,105,926.95 In July, Illinois dispensaries sold 11,151,118.24 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 61,066 unique patients, who purchased 1,294,650 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales for 2024 reached $170,617,973.63. were lower.

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Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

As recreational cannabis continues to dominate, the number of dispensaries catering exclusively to medical patients has dwindled, leaving many individuals with fewer options for specialized care. The state’s first dispensary opened in 2015, sparking a wave of patient registrations.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 4, 2024

November totals jumped up to $23,534,153.65, the highest monthly totals since May 2024. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 59,467 unique patients, who purchased 1,322,044 grams of dry cannabis. Monthly Totals for 2024: January: $24,338,551.30 Retail sales of medical cannabis for November included $11,217,284.40

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In August, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,332,050.49 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 60,593 unique patients, who purchased 1,323,604 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $249,702,549.44. Total retail sales for 2024 reached $194,130,227.26.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 58,928 unique patients, who purchased 1,265,151 grams of dry cannabis. Total 2024 retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $238,039,128.10, and total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $2,201,604,035.58.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 29, 2024

In January, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,505,949.92 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 60,179 unique patients, who purchased 1,251,318 grams of dry cannabis. In February, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,474,605.18 In February, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,474,605.18 in dry flower sales and $12,832,601.38

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Ieso holds one of only 20 full-scale cultivation licenses in the state. As part of the acquisition process, nuEra has been working with the Ieso team to revamp cultivar selection, cultivation practices, and sales and marketing strategies at the facility since early 2023. NuEra closed on the acquisition of the Illinois brand Ieso.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 10, 2025

Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 54,883 unique patients, who purchased 1,151,194 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $2,289,831,974.06. Monthly Totals for 2024: January: $24,338,551.30 2024 Yearly Totals: $285,059,601.92

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Kind Meds is proud to participate in the Best in Grass (BiG) Awards Arizona 2024 , the premier cannabis competition identifying and awarding the best licensed cannabis products in the state. Quick Details: November 23, 2024: Kits go on sale! Judges will automatically be given a ticket. What is Best in Grass?

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 6, 2024

Monthly totals for 2024 are trending the same. In May, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,692,661.11 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 61,757 unique patients, who purchased 1,329,855 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $2,087,726,688.83.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Florida-based cannabis giant Trulieve recently doubled its contribution to the Smart & Safe Florida political committee with another $5 million toward a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis. 1, 2024, with election officials needing 30 days to check signatures before that deadline. 23 to circulate the petition.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

One amendment untethered patients to one medical dispensary at a time by removing restrictions on where medical cardholders can purchase medicine without having to switch online dispensary status. HB1443 mostly dealt with licensing for businesses but also included two beneficial amendments for registered medical cardholders.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

SB1723 deletes the provision that states any person or entity awarded a craft grower license under specified provisions “shall only hold one craft grower license” and removes language providing that a craft grower shall not be located within 1,500 feet of another craft grower but leaves in the restriction for “a cultivation center.”

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Cannabis Life Network

JULY 5, 2023

The state gave medical cannabis dispensaries the green light to sell to the state’s new recreational customers. Other licenses will begin getting issued in 2024. Residents can cultivate up to two plants for personal use. Maryland has begun legal cannabis sales eight months after voters approved a ballot measure.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

The bill allows the department of health to issue permits to medical cannabis dispensaries for the delivery of medical cannabis and cannabis products to qualifying patients or primary caregivers if certain conditions are met. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of home cultivation rights. HI resident? MS resident? NH resident?

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 29, 2024

With our educational Know Your Brand series, we are trying to let our readers and followers know about the many new brands and products coming to Illinois in 2024. One of those brands with new products is Cannect Wellness , a premium craft cannabis cultivator and product manufacturer. Cannect Wellness was founded in Illinois in 2020.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 5, 2024

Happy 2024 – let’s start the year off with a shout-out to Colorado, where the retail market is celebrating an anniversary. As of January 2024, 24 states have legalized adult-use cannabis; over half the US population lives in a state where it is legal. The DEA is conducting a review of cannabis scheduling. million in taxes and fees.

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Veriheal

MARCH 27, 2025

The board created policy recommendations , including licensing more state dispensaries, exempting medical cannabis products from sales tax, and providing more oversight on telehealth providers. Allowing the state to cultivate cannabis for in-state cardholders could be a transformative move for the states agricultural businesses.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 17, 2024

State licensed cannabis dispensaries adhere to strict protocols for cultivation, processing, and distribution to ensure the safety and well-being of consumers. EXPANDING ACCESS Too many consumers do not have easy access to legal cannabis dispensaries. The unregulated market faces no such rules.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 56,127 patients, who purchased 1,226,589 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $2,270,083,902.18. Monthly Totals for 2024: January: $24,338,551.30 2024 Yearly Totals: $285,059,601.92 March: $25,917,010.11

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It prohibits cannabis possession, use, purchase, sale, or cultivation, whether for recreation or medical purposes. Further, after several failed attempts to legalize medical cannabis, there’s is finally enough steam to put an initiative on the state’s 2024 ballot. Idaho Idaho is one of the staunchest anti-cannabis states.

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Veriheal

JUNE 9, 2023

In Colorado and other legal states, cash surpluses in dispensaries have made them prime targets for robbery. Florida Sets Stage for 2024 Cannabis Face-off A cannabis legalization initiative backed by cannabis company Trulieve is making its way to Florida’s 2024 ballot! Would you like to see something like this in your own state?

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 6, 2023

NECANN served as a hub for a wide range of businesses in the cannabis industry, including dispensaries, cultivators, infusers, breeders, device manufacturers, activist groups, testing labs, HVAC and construction companies, and investment specialists. For info on becoming a 2024 exhibitor contact john@necann.com.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

billion in cannabis spending by 2024. projects as the leading marijuana market in the world by sales in 2024. One of the fastest early stage growers looks to be multistate dispensary operator Cresco Labs ( OTC:CRLBF ). marijuana spending by 2024. billion by 2024. billion by 2024. billion by 2024.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The law provides for up to 12 cultivator licenses, up to four processor licenses, up to four dispensary licenses, and up to five integrated facility licenses. The law provides for at least 20 to 40 dispensary licenses (there are currently 33) and four to eight cultivation facility licenses.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 31, 2024

A well-known multi-state dispensary, Green Dragon, is closing a significant number of its doors for good in Colorado and Florida after a decade and a half in business. The closures include 7 dispensaries and a 92,000-square-foot grow facility in Colorado. In fact, the state reports just under $109 million in sales as of August 2024.

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Veriheal

APRIL 16, 2021

New Yorkers are now free to enjoy the pleasures of cannabis, and the University of Connecticut launches cannabis cultivation courses for non-degree-seeking students. However, there was one caveat… legalization wouldn’t go into effect until 2024. University of Connecticut Launches Cannabis Cultivation Courses. Learn more here!

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 31, 2021

multi-state cannabis operator (MSO), today announced the opening of Ayr Wellness Bryn Mawr, the Company’s eighth affiliated dispensary in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. dispensary continues the rapid expansion of the Company’s presence in Pennsylvania’s burgeoning medical marijuana market. The ~3,000 sq. Forward-Looking Statements.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ohio’s Cannabis Landscape: Current Status and Future Outlook Ohio’s medical marijuana program, first launched in 2016 , brought legal access to patients managing certain debilitating conditions, but it took three years for dispensaries to open up due to regulatory challenges. Passions run deep on both sides.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 3, 2021

All cannabis dispensaries are not the same. In states newer to the cannabis trade, dispensaries are often noticeably more immature in their appearance and retail strategy. billion by 2024. There is also a noticeable difference in price between dispensaries in mature vs. immature markets.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2019

40B in sales by 2024. billion by 2024, up from $517 million last year, BDS and Arcview said. billion by 2024. The largest share of this market will be allocated to dispensaries that should be present in all states and U.S. In regulated markets, U.S. US leads the way. territories by that time, BDS and Arcview said.

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Veriheal

MAY 4, 2023

In 2021, Luxembourg and Malta legalized home cannabis cultivation for personal use. In Germany, legal recreational cannabis sales are slated to launch by the end of 2024. On top of this, another controlled cannabis supply chain will roll out across Europe in 2024, but this time in the Netherlands. billion) by 2027.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

has 126 dispensaries and 22 cultivation facilities across 11 states. The company has 18 production facilities, 44 retail licenses, and 32 dispensaries located across 10 states. . Apparently, the cannabis market is projected to reach over $63 billion by 2024. . Trulieve Cannabis Corp. . Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

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