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Some Say Illinois’ High Cannabis Tax Rate is Costing State in Revenue

Silence DoGood - April 27, 2023

In March, Illinois generated $135 million from legal cannabis sales as the state implemented a tax rate of 25% of the purchase price of marijuana. In 2022, Illinois generated $445 million in tax revenue from legal cannabis sales.

Community

House Dems’ Cannabis Working Group Will Engage Industry, Equity Advocates

Nika Schoonover | Capitol News Illinois - February 26, 2023

According to the ACLU, Black people in Illinois were 7.5 times more likely than white people to be arrested for cannabis-related offenses prior to the state’s decriminalization of the drug in 2016. #cannabis

Politics

IDFPR Issues First Full, Social Equity Cannabis Dispensing Organization Licenses

Silence DoGood - November 10, 2022

IDFPR has issued 192 conditional adult use cannabis dispensing organization licenses from a series of lotteries in 2021 and 2022. #dispensary

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