A pair of Illinois cannabis dispensary license applicants allege that the scoring process of the August 5 Social Equity Justice Involved lottery was unjust and should be nullified.
Cannabis activists and license applicants are emotionally struggling with the results of months of waiting.
Newly selected Illinois cannabis dispensary license holders will not receive their license until August 30 at the earliest but the August 19 Tied Applicant Lottery will be allowed to go forward.
Here’s six things to know to better understand the case and today’s hearing.
Documents filed in federal court last Thursday suggest nobody will get a Detroit adult-use license until late Spring 2022 at the earliest.
A pair of proposed Chicago ordinances would reduce the size of the city’s “exclusion zone” where dispensaries could be located in downtown.
Rep. Ford tells Grown In that he’s dissatisfied with the license assignment process so far, and that it needs major changes.
Although it was named the Social Equity Justice Involved Lottery, almost half of the selections made went to teams closely aligned with multi-state operators.
The Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued a detailed bulletin Monday with specific illustrated examples of problematic and “acceptable” packaging.
Here’s details on what to expect from today’s Illinois dispensary lottery.
