Looking at some of the latest legal marijuana sales numbers here in Illinois might leave you with the impression that some (actually, a lot) Illinois marijuana fans have kept the phone number of their "weed guy."
If you're thinking that because marijuana, both legal and recreational, are legal here in the state of Illinois, you can't get fired for testing positive for it--you could be in for quite a surprise.
According to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), $669,084,410.12 worth of recreational marijuana was sold in Illinois in 2020.
Maybe the scent of weed isn't enough to justify a vehicle search, but if a cloud pours out the windows like you've just finished a road trip with Cheech & Chong, that may be a different story.
Bring-your-own cannabis smoking lounges in Illinois are opening at a snail's pace, but there are a few. Now, Mundelein has given the greenlight to the first smoke-on-site business in the Chicago burbs.
At this point in 2021, Illinois has generated more money off marijuana than all of last year, according to the monthly report from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.