medical marijuana

It's not just a couple of million dollars more, either. The Illinois Department of Revenue says that sales of recreational weed has produced nearly $121 million in tax revenue for Illinois, compared to about $99 million for wine, beer, and/or spirits.

Cook County had the most people using medical marijuana, with 7,500 certified patients. In Winnebago County, the number is 459.

The House approved the measure with an overwhelming vote of 99-1. Now, it all comes down to Illinois Governor Rauner.

As the opioid epidemic rages throughout the country (including Illinois), federal, state, and local governments are looking at alternatives for pain treatment.

CHICAGO (AP) — The pace of Illinois patients getting state approval to use medical marijuana has increased. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that it has approved 4,000 patients to use medical marijuana in the state's pilot program...

COUNTRYSIDE, Ill. (AP) — A panel of medical experts is meeting to consider adding eight more ailments to the list that can be treated by marijuana in Illinois. The state's Medical Cannabis Advisory Board meets Wednesday in suburban Chicago...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Gov. Bruce Rauner and one of his biggest Democratic critics have agreed to negotiate an extension of the medical marijuana program. Rauner had rejected State Rep. Lou Lang's (D-Skokie) bill to set the expiration date of the program as four years from when the first dispensary permit is issued...

CHICAGO (AP) — A proposal to extend the Illinois medical marijuana pilot program beyond 2017 may soon gain passage in Springfield. That would mean the industry's prospects could come to rest with Gov. Bruce Rauner. Rauner has said the program should not be extended until it has been fully evaluated...

CHICAGO (AP) — A medical marijuana company plans to ask a Cook County judge to dissolve a court order that is delaying its operation in Kankakee. Cresco Labs will get a hearing Wednesday afternoon in Chicago on its motion. Judge Kathleen Kennedy granted the temporary restraining order two weeks ago...

CHICAGO (AP) — A published report says Illinois' delayed medical marijuana program has already cost the state more than $1.8 million in startup costs. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday that most of the money is for computer software...