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We’ve been talking this week about the end of Illinois’ cannabis prohibition, but Illinois also has an important history during another prohibition: the one banning alcohol.
Even though Illinois is now the 11th state to make recreational cannabis legal, that doesn’t mean the black market for marijuana will disappear overnight.
On just the first day of sales on January 1, legal marijuana in Illinois brought in nearly $3.2 million dollars, with a total of almost $11 million dollars in sales by the end of that week, according to the state.
Today on the 21st: Dispensaries across Illinois have already sold millions of dollars in recreational weed and other cannabis products since New Year’s Day. And it’s all cash.
Illinoisans planning for Women's March; company to switch to Cannabis; Lawmaker criticizes SNAP changes.
