All posts tagged "Illinois"
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Current Events
Week in Review: Thailand’s Fateful Cannabis U-Turn
January 13, 2024ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.
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Current Events
Week in Review: Ric Flair’s Wooooo! Energy Drink to Power Cleveland Cavaliers
September 9, 2023ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.
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Culture
Craig Cesal: From Felon to Cannabis Freedom Fighter
April 28, 2023After being granted clemency on his life without parole sentence on conspiracy charges, former cannabis lifer...
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Current Events
Week in Review: Illinois Reports Record Cannabis Sales; Switzerland ‘Tries Out’ Legalization
April 8, 2023ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.
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Current Events
Week in Review: Snoop Goes Global; Colorado’s Cannabis Consumption Bus; A Big Chicago First
March 5, 2023ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.
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Industry Events
Benzinga Chicago Cannabis Capital Conference Highlights Women, Minorities
September 21, 2022The industry's top investment conference offered attendees exclusive access to CEOs, celebrities and thought leaders building...
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Legal
Cannabis Legalization Makes New Advances in the Midwest
August 23, 2021Cannabis legalization efforts in Wisconsin and Ohio advance as both Illinois and Michigan record-breaking licensed recreational...
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Economics
Illinois Notches Record-Breaking Cannabis Sales in June
July 9, 2020In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and historic levels of unemployment, Illinois cannabis retailers saw...
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Grow
Cannabis Shortages Spur New Interest in Growing at Home
April 1, 2020Lockdowns and economic paralysis imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak are creating a new emphasis on self-sufficiency....
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Economics
How Much Cannabis Each State Sold in First Month of Legal Sales
February 10, 2020Out of the 9 states that have launched legal cannabis marketplaces, which state earned the most...
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Economics
Peddler’s Licenses & Co-Ops: Chicago Brainstorms Ways to Make Cannabis More Equitable
February 5, 2020A month into legal cannabis in Illinois, Chicago is considering various experimental models for cannabis cultivation...
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Medical
Illinois: More People Apply for Medical Marijuana To Avoid Paying High Taxes
January 27, 2020With the launch of the recreational cannabis market in Illinois comes changes for medical users.
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Culture
America’s Airline Traffic Is Now Full of Weed
January 19, 2020Chicago O’Hare Airport’s recent installation of cannabis “amnesty boxes” reveals the truth about American airline traffic...
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Legal
Illinois Kicks off Legalization the Right Way, With Pardons
January 4, 2020More important than $3.2 million in sales on Jan. 1? 11,000 expungements the night before.
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Medical
How Illinois Is Prioritizing Medical Cannabis
December 20, 2019Medical patients will get priority when Illinois opens for recreational sales Jan. 1, 2020.
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Politics
One City Is Funding ‘Reparations’ With Cannabis Tax Revenue
December 6, 2019The Chicago suburb of Evanston has become the first city in the United States to put...
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Legal
How Exceptions to Legalization Keep the Drug War Alive
November 19, 2019Threatening public-housing residents with eviction if they use legal cannabis, as is happening in Chicago, renders...
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Economics
Entrepreneur Will Cover Fees for Illinois Equity Applicants
November 5, 2019Equity is still a myth in cannabis, but minority applicants in Illinois can get a leg...
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Politics
The State of Cannabis Today: Where Weed Is Legal Around the World
October 1, 2019Here are the bud basics you need to know about the state of cannabis legalization around...
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Economics
Taxing Based on THC: What It Means for Concentrates
July 9, 2019Most states tax cannabis products based on weight, but one state has recently decided to tax...