With legal recreational marijuana on the horizon and dispensary applications recently released, business owners are scrambling to find an appropriate location. During September’s City Council meeting, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot put forth a proposal that restricts where recreational cannabis dispensaries could operate in the city of Chicago: 500 feet from...

When Gov. Pritzker signed Illinois’s “Adult Use” recreational cannabis licensing law, many of us already in the industry were impressed by how quickly the state planned on enacting its program and accepting licenses. It was rolled out so quickly, as a matter of fact, that I found a typo in...

By July 2020, the Illinois Department of Agriculture will have issued the first craft grower licenses. To prevent large commercial growers from dominating the industry, the State will only issue one license per applicant. There are 40 licenses authorized in this first batch, with an additional 60 that will be...

Types of Applications Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License: If you want to open a recreational marijuana dispensary in Illinois, this is the first license you’ll apply for. They are awarded by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) on a points-based system. If you are awarded one,...