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On May 31, 2019, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act to legalize recreational marijuana use starting on January 1, 2020. The bill was signed by Governor J. B. Pritzker on June 25, 2019. [24][25][26] Recreational-use revenue in Illinois is expected to reach an estimated $1.6 billion a year. [27 ...
Illegal. The year 2023 began with several state efforts to legalize adult-use or medical cannabis, despite an apparently stalled federal effort to do so. [ 1] A cannabis industry executive predicted that at least two states would enact adult-use reform in 2023, with the most likely states to legalize being Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Ohio. [ 2]
Medical marijuana, meanwhile, has been legal in the Show Me State since 2018. Marijuana is available for purchase in Missouri for those 21 years old and older. Consumers can legally possess up to ...
The five states that generated the most revenue from recreational marijuana sales took in a combined $457.7 million during the final quarter of 2023. Illinois took in nearly $70M on marijuana ...
SAFE-T Act. The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act, is a state of Illinois statute enacted in 2021 that makes a number of reforms to the criminal justice system, affecting policing, pretrial detention and bail, sentencing, and corrections. [1][2] The Act's section on pretrial detention, which ...
Cannabis plants destined for medical use are shown in a growing room in a 2023 file photo. Illinois legalized medicinal marijuana beginning in 2014, then legalized it for recreational use in 2020.
Passed the Senate on November 16, 2022 (voice vote) Signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 2, 2022. The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act is an Act of Congress allowing medical research on cannabis. The act is "the first standalone marijuana-related bill approved by both chambers of the United States Congress".
Illinois' new governor delivered on a top campaign promise Tuesday by signing legislation making the state the 11th to approve marijuana for recreational use in a program offering legal remedies ...