Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In the 144-page report, compiled by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), the Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) states in its data summary, “Looking ahead to Fiscal Year 2025, IDFPR has already begun its efforts to further expand access to cannabis both to consumers and medical patients.

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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. Along with offering a rewards program (using points to take money off purchases), Cookies Peoria Heights sponsors local events and is part of the Peoria Heights Chamber of Commerce.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 24, 2025

The implementation will start with transporter licenses and registered testing laboratories, followed by cultivation centers, craft growers, and infusers, and with dispensaries transitioning last. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Metrc has additional information and support available online here.

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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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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 16, 2023

Now that we’re nearly three weeks into the New Year, event planners are doing what they do: finalizing dates and venues for 2023 cannabis-friendly events. Our partners at High-Minded Events have already scheduled three events for this year, including the Budtender Choice Awards , which is set for next month.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Lawmakers from the 104th General Assembly have once again introduced bills and provisions that would benefit registered qualifying patient under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act and Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. This bill aligns with House Bill 1228 , introduced by Rep.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 14, 2023

The new dispensary will be located near I-64 at Exit 130 on Koehler Road. The adult-use dispensary expects to bring 30-40 jobs to the local community. Terrabis has five existing dispensary locations and a product manufacturing facility headquartered in Missouri. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 10, 2024

Green Rose opened its third dispensary in the Chicago area Saturday, Aug. Green Rose Harwood Heights has a ready-to-go drive-thru window and will be prepared to become one of the first dispensaries to offer a drive-thru service as soon as Illinois changes the law to allow for it. For Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 29, 2024

And check our Dispensary Directory for more information. Verilife dispensaries provide access to a diverse selection of quality cannabis products,” a Verilife spokesperson said. For other Dispensary Spotlights, visit here. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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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. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The retail store serves recreational users and offers a 30% discount to medical patients. For live menus, visit here , or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about Star Buds Riverside. For Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 4, 2023

In October 2022, Ric Flair visited two dispensaries for short meet and greets with the public. Now, the legendary wrestler is scheduled to appear at two more Illinois dispensaries to promote his cannabis brand, Ric Flair Drip. The first event is set for 10:30 a.m. To find more cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

High-Minded Events is set to host the inaugural Budtender Choice Awards Thursday, February 23. If current dispensary employees or new dispensary license holders have not received an invitation to the event, they can still request an invitation. Walk-ins will not be permitted into the event. February 21.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 23, 2023

The retail store serves recreational users but also offers a 10% discount to medical patients. For a live menu, click here , or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about Maribis of Chicago Westchester. Maribis is an independent and female-owned cannabis company with dispensaries located in northern and central Illinois.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

And check our Dispensary Directory for more information. Verilife Rosemont dispensary is close to multiple major thoroughfares, including I-90 and I-294, as well as the CTA Blue Line trains, Rosemont station, and O’Hare Airport. For other Dispensary Spotlights, visit here. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

Years later and after countless hours devoted by herself and other advocates at Virginia NORML, the state’s first medical cannabis dispensaries will finally begin opening dispensary doors to patients this summer. It concerned her that even as a registered patient, she could still be arrested.

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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

MARCH 1, 2023

For a live menu, click here , or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about the retail store. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. Maribis is an independent and female-owned cannabis company with dispensaries located in northern and central Illinois. East, Grandview, Illinois.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 30, 2023

The retail store opened in 2007 and serves recreational consumers and medical patients. Check our Dispensary Directory for more information. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Hours of operation are Monday to Wednesday from 10 a.m.-8

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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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Illinois News Joint

MAY 9, 2023

The retail store opened in 2016 and serves recreational consumers and medical patients. Check our Dispensary Directory for more information. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Hours of operation are Monday to Wednesday from 9 a.m.-8

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 18, 2023

The retail store serves medical patients and recreational users. For live menus, click here for medical and visit here for recreation , or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about nuEra Chicago. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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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. For other Dispensary Spotlights, visit here. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 6, 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 Pekin. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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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 learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 14, 2023

NuEra Cannabis is inviting the public to nuEra Chicago for its latest event to support the newest craft cannabis licensees in Illinois. CONTRACT CANNA – “Contract Canna is a one-stop shop, value-add business partner that works with brands, dispensaries, and cultivators, to expand, diversify, and improve the total Illinois market.”

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 5, 2023

For live menus, visit here , or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about nuEra Champaign. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. To qualify and receive a medical patient card at a discounted rate, visit here. University Ave.,

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 22, 2023

For live menus, visit here , or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about Star Buds. In addition to the dispensary, Star Buds is the first in the state to go live with its craft grow facilities and has launched its Kaviar and Blaze brands in Illinois. “We For Dispensary Spotlight Features, 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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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A new dispensary that opened right outside of Wrigley Field in Chicago is the closest dispensary to a national sports stadium in the U.S., The dispensary belongs to Chicago-based cannabis company Cresco Labs, which runs a series of dispensaries in Illinois and beyond under the brand name Sunnyside.

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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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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

January 7, Star Buds officially opened its first dispensary in Illinois and, partnered with SB IL Grow LLC, became the first licensed predominantly black-owned cannabis business in the Prairie State. Star Buds dispensary is located at 7844 South Cicero Ave. For Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 25, 2023

As social equity dispensary licenses finally get off the ground, new retail store options for consumers are also expanding. Below are the newest dispensaries to open in Illinois. Grasshopper Club The Grasshopper Club is a new cannabis dispensary located at 2551 N. The dispensary is located at 505 Town Center Blvd.,

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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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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 7, 2023

The 2023 Illinois Cannabis Cup also added more dispensaries, listed below, that will carry judging kits. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. To qualify and receive a medical patient card at a discounted rate, visit here. The product submission window for competitors is open until August 11.

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NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

Patients, renters, the poor, people of color and women are still marginalized for their cannabis use, despite legalization,” said Martinez. Patients with incurable or chronic illnesses must be allowed by the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program to be issued a lifetime card if a qualifying physician recommends their cannabis use.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 27, 2023

This lottery will distribute the next round of 55 conditional adult use cannabis dispensary licenses across the 17 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Regions. To find more cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. To qualify and receive a medical patient card at a discounted rate, visit here.

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