Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

December 2022, I published a 6-part series titled, “What Illinois cannabis patients really want” to start a dialogue about the large gap between patients’ needs, wishes, concerns, and recommendation for improving the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP) and the actual amendments to the law legislators have introduced.

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NORML

MAY 13, 2019

Qualified patients now have limited access to medical cannabis products, after the state’s first licensed dispensaries began making sales this week. Under the law , qualified patients may obtain both herbal preparations of cannabis and infused cannabis products from state-licensed dispensaries.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 19, 2024

Cookies Bloomington offers 25% discount to qualified medical patients, as well as a 10% discount for seniors, Veterans, and students. According to Cookies, “Cookies is the most globally recognized cannabis company, founded in 2010 by Billboard-charting rapper and entrepreneur Berner and Bay Area breeder and cultivator Jai.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 21, 2024

Cookies Peoria Heights offers 25% discount to qualified medical patients, as well as a 10% discount for seniors, Veterans, and students. According to Cookies, “Cookies is the most globally recognized cannabis company, founded in 2010 by Billboard-charting rapper and entrepreneur Berner and Bay Area breeder and cultivator Jai.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The retail store serves recreational customers and offers a discount to medical patients. Enlightened Schaumburg, the flagship dispensary owned and operated by Illinois-based cultivator Revolution Cannabis , opened its doors in 2021. The Enlightened Schaumburg dispensary is one of two Enlightened retail stores in Illinois.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 12, 2023

Enlightened Dispensary Mount Prospect , located at 2015 E. Euclid Avenue in Mount Prospect, serves both medical patients and recreational customers. Enlightened’s Mount Prospect facility, which rebranded from New Age Care to Enlightened Dispensary Schaumburg in 2021, features a sleek and modern yet warm atmosphere.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. It would not allow patients to smoke herbal marijuana or vape, but would allow forms including pills, oils, lozenges and patches.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The bills would also allow for the expungement of certain prior convictions, delivery of medical marijuana to qualified patients, and restructures the medical marijuana licensure process to eliminate the requirement that business be vertically integrated. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of strengthening patient protections.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As reported earlier , HB4161 focuses mainly on safety concerns, including permits, licensing, testing, taxes, and a new Hemp Social Equity Fund, but HB4161 also contains amendments that would affect registered Illinois medical cannabis patients and cottage hemp operators as well. Seeds may not be given or sold to any other person.”

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

After two years of waiting, medical marijuana patients in North Dakota’s largest city will finally have safe, reliable access to medication. The very first medical cannabis dispensary in the Roughrider State is opening in Fargo on February 28, 2019. Only 120 medical marijuana cards have been issued to patients at this time.

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MMJ Recs

MARCH 5, 2022

The state has deemed home cultivation legal and has given people the option to apply for a license that would allow them to cultivate medical marijuana in their homes. Here’s everything you need to know about getting a Missouri marijuana cultivation license and using it to grow MMJ at home. Missouri Cultivation License rules.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 30, 2024

Cookies Pontoon Beach offers 25% discount to qualified medical patients, as well as a 10% discount for seniors, Veterans, and students. According to Cookies, “Cookies is the most globally recognized cannabis company, founded in 2010 by Billboard-charting rapper and entrepreneur Berner and Bay Area breeder and cultivator Jai.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cannabis dispensary owners must make a fortune—at least, that’s what a lot of folks think. Sure, when legal sales first start out, cannabis dispensaries tend to do well. But what happens when the newness wears off and other dispensaries start to pop up? Let’s explore why dispensaries are struggling across the nation.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The retail store serves recreational users but also offers a 20% discount to medical patients. For a live menu, click here, or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about nuEra Aurora. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. To qualify and receive a medical patient card at a discounted rate, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 4, 2023

The retail store serves medical patients and recreational customers with hours of operation from 8 a.m.–9 For a live medical patient menu, click here. For the recreational menu, click here , or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about Nature’s Care Co. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here.

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

The measure would impose a civil penalty of $200 for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, as well as for the cultivation of up to two marijuana plants. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 2134, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. ND resident?

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Veriheal

AUGUST 25, 2021

The state recently awarded cultivation licenses to six growers, all of whom are expected to launch their businesses in the next few months. However, rejected applicants, medical marijuana advocates and patients are voicing their concerns over the controversial decision-making process. . Geoff Duncan, and House Speaker David Ralston.

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Veriheal

JUNE 28, 2022

The Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe is expanding cannabis cultivation efforts to fuel their expanding MMJ program that has already grown to serve over 10,000 patients, outstripping South Dakota’s state MMJ program by leaps and bounds. Medical cannabis patients are only allowed to purchase 4 grams of medical cannabis daily.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 24, 2023

December 5, 2022, Altius Dispensary hosted its grand opening as one of three new adult-use social equity dispensaries in Illinois. Altius was the recipient of the third of almost 200 new adult use cannabis dispensaries set to open in 2023 and beyond. For Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. to to 10 p.m. on Sundays.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With legalization, patients and consumers have more freedom in product choice, and many are turning to homegrown cannabis. Cultivation Costs for Homegrowers. Indoor cannabis cultivation allows an average of four harvests each year instead of one. However, indoor cultivation is generally more expensive.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 18, 2023

For a live menu, click here , or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about Nature’s Care Co. The West Loop dispensary can be reached by phone at 872-250-6520, emailed at info@naturescarecompany.com, found on Instagram @naturescare , Twitter @NaturesCareCo , and Nature’s Care Co. ’s Sunday through Saturday.

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Veriheal

JULY 26, 2023

Georgia medical cannabis patients will soon have greater access to treatment as cannabis oil will be sold in many more pharmacies. Eligible patients registered with the state’s Department of Public Health can purchase cannabis oil from Georgia’s independent pharmacies.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This has gone hand-in-hand with a proliferation of high-quality MMJ dispensaries opening for business in the city. Not all medical marijuana dispensaries are created equal. In many states, MMJ dispensaries are hamstrung in what they can sell by draconian red tape and regulations within the local MMJ laws.

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MMJ Recs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As the state continues to navigate the complexities of legalization, patients, dispensaries, and the cannabis industry are witnessing significant changes. Marijuana Dispensaries in Florida The emergence of marijuana dispensaries in Florida marks a pivotal moment in the state’s approach to medical cannabis.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A trio of former hockey players opened a medical marijuana dispensary, Ohio’s medical marijuana program is in for a huge revamp, and a study discovered that cannabis plants may help reduce seizures in children. Blues Trio Opens Medical Cannabis Dispensary in St. Hippos Medical Dispensary opened its doors on Dec. Louis Blues.

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CannaMD

MARCH 19, 2020

As Florida’s leading medical cannabis physicians , CannaMD is committed to working closely with licensed dispensaries to ensure medical cannabis patients stay safe while continuing uninterrupted treatment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. UPDATE (3/19): MEDICAL MARIJUANA PHYSICIAN APPOINTMENTS. COLUMBIA CARE.

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MedicalJane

MAY 21, 2020

Although medical cannabis has technically been legal in Missouri for over a year and cards have been issued, patients are still waiting desperately for dispensaries to open across the state. First, Missouri implemented a seed-to-sale system which added many unnecessary layers between growing the plant and selling product to patients.

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MMJ Recs

JUNE 29, 2024

For numerous medical marijuana patients throughout the United States with a medicinal marijuana program, it embodies a vital source of relief and healing. Yet, achieving its therapeutic benefits doesn’t solely depend on its cultivation or consumption. Cannabis stands as more than just a plant. Image by Budding on Unsplash.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Spring 2018, Oakton College started planning curriculum and courses that focused on medical consultations in dispensaries. August 2019, Oakton College started offering cannabis courses for the Cannabis Dispensary and Patient Care Specialist certificate. A video tour of the lab can be found here.

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Veriheal

MAY 15, 2023

Mary Schneider (D) cleared the House in an 86-6 vote this March, allowing terminally ill patients to use proof of their admittance in hospice care in lieu of a doctor’s written recommendation to register as a medical cannabis patient. This is also the process for those who are treating patients that are terminally ill.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2021

Following input from patients, prescribers and its Medical Advisory Board, Texas’ leading medical cannabis provider launches gummies. TOCC’s gummies ease patient symptoms such as chronic pain, anxiety, muscle spasms, neuropathic pain or numbness, lack of appetite, sleep problems, nausea and others.

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NORML

MARCH 7, 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. Senate File 4059 would allow patients to inhale herbal, whole-plant medical cannabis. LA resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation (TOCC), Texas’ leading medical cannabis provider, today announced it recently broke ground on a new, state-of-the-art medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Bastrop, Texas. About Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. It would not allow patients to smoke herbal marijuana or vape, but would allow forms including pills, oils, lozenges and patches.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Legislation is pending, AB 286, to temporarily reduce tax rates imposed on the retail sale and commercial cultivation of cannabis. Legislation is pending, House Bill 6849, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. California. CA resident? CT resident? FL resident?

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MMJ Recs

JANUARY 17, 2020

If you are an MMJ caregiver, you’ve probably wondered, “How do I know which medical marijuana strain to give to my patient?” Choosing the right MMJ strain is super important because different medical marijuana strains have very different effects on patients. New potent, super-effective hybrid strains are being cultivated all the time.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 7, 2023

The fourth annual Illinois High Times Magazine People’s Choice Cannabis Cup officially started today with its acceptance of competitor product submissions from cultivators across the Prairie State. The 2023 Illinois Cannabis Cup also added more dispensaries, listed below, that will carry judging kits.

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