You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Illinois / One of the biggest deals in the cannabis industry just fell apart. What the MedMen-PharmaCann breakup means for marijuana in Illinois. October 9, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment When MedMen Enterprises agreed to buy Chicago-based PharmaCann last year, the... Read more
MedMen Announces Termination of Merger Agreement With PharmaCann and Management Changes MedMen and PharmaCann terminate business combination agreement In conjunction with the termination, MedMen will be compensated with retail and cultivation assets in Illinois and Virginia Termination opens up MedMen’s balance sheet to deepen presence in core retail markets... Read more
October 4, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment For cash-strapped Illinois, recreational marijuana is expected to be a headrush of revenue. But for Illinois businesses, surveying the new legal landscape it has already caused a headache. At a panel event on Thursday, local leaders in policy, business and law... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Illinois / Can Illinois draw marijuana tourists from out of state? Retailers take a gamble on border towns September 30, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Recreational marijuana sales are set to begin next year, and some of the potential... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Illinois / Legal marijuana dispensaries would be banned in most of downtown Chicago under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed zoning rules September 18, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Recreational marijuana dispensaries would be blocked from opening in most of downtown... Read more
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. The 2018 Farm Bill gives the US Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) regulatory authority over hemp…
August 30, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Illinois awarded its first licenses to sell recreational marijuana to five medical dispensaries on Thursday, even as many municipalities around the state debate whether they’ll allow pot sales. The five shops that received licenses are peppered throughout Illinois — in Naperville,... Read more
It is a snowy January day in Chicago, recreational marijuana is now legal, and one of your employee’s, Mary Jane, is sleeping at her desk, with a strong scent of marijuana emitting from her sweater. How can an Illinois employer prepare to address Mary Jane’s conduct this January? The... Read more
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed two bills on Monday that expanded access to the state’s medical marijuana program, which currently stands at over 80,000 patients. The legislation ensures the medical marijuana program’s status as a permanent system, and adds to the ways in which patients are able to access... Read more
Illinois’ medical marijuana program is getting a second wind. Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a pair of bills on Monday expanding who can get a medical card, and when they can use it. The program was initially limited to just six years, but is now permanent. When the law was first... Read more
