The next set of Illinois cannabis dispensary licenses will be awarded in two groups starting in mid-July, with more to come in September.
Despite “social equity” provisions baked into state law, it remains unclear to what degree African American entrepreneurs, executives and investors will enjoy the generational wealth that upstart industries historically provide to early stakeholders.
The emergency rules would distribute licenses by lot to applicants with equal scores from the license awarding process.
Illinois approved an unprecedented 10,000 new medical cannabis patients during the month of May.
At least four dispensaries in Chicago and one in downstate Anna were reported vandalized this past week.
Nobody could have anticipated the world as we knew it to change ten weeks after celebratory stoners scrummed together on January 1 to experience the new year novelty of purchasing pot legally in Illinois.
At least four Chicago dispensaries were looted Saturday and Sunday and many Chicago dispensaries were closed Sunday and Monday.
Exactly why Green Thumb Industries opposed last month’s cannabis legislation in the Illinois General Assembly is up for debate.
Our conversation with Verda CEO Evan Adcock, who discusses the future of cannabis delivery in Illinois.
Dispensaries and other conveyors of the plant can now even receive an official seal of approval from the local chapter of the Better Business Bureau.
