Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The number of young kids, especially toddlers, who accidentally ate marijuana-laced treats rose sharply over five years as pot became legal in more places in the U.S., according to a study published Tuesday. More than 7,000 …
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Illinois Marijuana Sales Top $1 Billion in 2020
After just a year of recreational marijuana sales, the Land of Lincoln has already hit an economic milestone: $1 billion of legal cannabis sold. Cannabis Sales in Illinois: The Road to $1 Billion Since the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana …
Read More »Decades-long prison sentence for marijuana cut short by Michigan governor’s commutation
The governor of Michigan has granted clemency to four currently incarcerated people who are serving time for non-violent drug offenses, including one 69-year-old man whose lengthy sentence for marijuana has been widely criticized by advocates and the state’s attorney general. …
Read More »How to Get a Medical Card in Illinois
Can I Get a Medical Marijuana Card in Illinois? Yes, you can get a medical marijuana card in Illinois. After the passing of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act in 2013, patients with a prescription from a …
Read More »Illinois Legislature Passes Bill to Legalize Recreational Cannabis
The Illinois Legislature has passed the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which will legalize recreational/adult-use cannabis with the Governor’s signature. Pending the Governor’s signature, the state of Illinois will be the next to legalize recreational/adult-use cannabis as the bill has …
Read More »Marijuana use among Illinois teens unchanged but ‘cool factor’ increasing, survey finds
The number of Illinois high school seniors who think that using marijuana would make their peers perceive them as cool doubled during the past decade, according to a new report based on the 2018 Illinois Youth Survey, conducted by senior …
Read More »Synthetic pot laced with rat poison kills three in US
An outbreak of synthetic marijuana laced with rat poison has killed three and sickened more than 100 in the US Midwest, with officials worried about potentially more cases to come. Synthetic marijuana is made with chemicals applied to dried plant …
Read More »For Three Generations of Teetotalers, Seeing Prohibition as Futile Runs in the Family
By Scott Reeder SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – A few years ago, I was sitting at grandmother’s bedside and she made a political admission that stunned me. The last Democrat she voted for was Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. I wasn’t surprised that …
Read More »Illinois Bank of Springfield is Pulling Out, Pushing Operators to use Cash-Only
After two years of happily servicing Illinois’ medical marijuana industry, the Bank of Springfield is closing its doors. Continue reading at theweedblog.com
Read More »Federal Agents Arrest Synthetic Marijuana Dealers Over Recent Deaths in Chicago – News
Html” target=” blank”> arrested three men for selling synthetic marijuana that they believe is connected to two recent deaths and dozens of hospitalizations in Chicago. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports that over the past month, at least 56 …
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