Here’s what it’s like to try pot – and get it legally – for the first time in Chicago
Even though I’m a mid-40’s guy who graduated from one of the most THC-heavy colleges in the United States, I just never got around to trying the bud.
Illinois and Michigan cannabis sales still lagging
Retail recreational cannabis sales are still small in Illinois compared to other states.
Results of Grown In cannabis payments survey
While the survey was far from scientific, it provides some interesting anecdotal evidence
Cannabis dispensary licenses coming in June? July? State isn’t saying.
The State of Illinois has provided no guidelines for when over 700 cannabis dispensary applicants will learn who will obtain one of the 75 dispensary licenses.
Editor’s Notes
Take Our Survey: Cannabis Payments
We’re conducting a brief, anonymous survey on how you buy your cannabis products.
The Problem With Payments For Cannabis
For the cannabis industry, debit and credit payments are not available while cash remains the dominant payment method. Here’s why.
Cash Tightens Up
Almost every public cannabis company has the same amount of cash – except Acreage Holdings, which notified Canadian and American securities administrators that it would delay its Q4 and 2019 annual reports a second time.
Editor’s Notes
Aurora is wrong to approve dispensary petition from entity that lacks a state license
How can a city designate social equity status to a cannabis company and grant them a placeholder for a recreational dispensary license before being issued by the state?
Cannabis Industry And Banking Maintain Strained Relationship Amidst Growing Business
A potential banking crisis may be coming this fall, as a tiny group of Illinois banks serve a cannabis industry set to add over 100 new dispensary, craft grow and infuser licenses in 2020.
In Normal, Jushi Opens First of Two Rebranded Dispensaries Today
This morning in Normal, multi-state operator Jushi Holdings, Inc., will open the first of three rebranded dispensaries “BEYOND/HELLO” after their purchase of the licenses from Colorado-based “The Green Solution”.
