Medical Cannabis in Illinois

Program overview

Illinois operates Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis, administered by Illinois Dept of Financial and Professional Regulation.

How Illinois’s law developed

Signed 2013 by Governor Quinn. Recreational legalized via Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act June 2019, effective January 2020.

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Illinois Medical Cannabis

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Questions people in Illinois ask

Is recreational marijuana legal in Illinois?: Yes. Signed June 2019, effective January 2020. Illinois was the first state to legalize recreational through the legislature. Medical patients pay lower taxes.