Cannabis

We are now 43 days into the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state of Illinois. There is still a shortage and there likely will be for a few more months.

An industrious group of Girl Scouts sold hundreds of boxes of their signature cookies after setting up shop outside of a Chicago cannabis dispensary over the weekend.

Medical marijuana shops will be able to stay open later thanks to new guidelines from the state of Illinois.

Colorado State University will be offering a degree in cannabis starting this fall at its Pueblo campus.

Illinois' first month of legal recreational marijuana generated nearly $40 million in sales, state officials announced Monday.

A former head of the Chicago Police Department is advising a local cannabis company on security after more than $200,000 was stolen from it during a burglary last month.

The race is on to become the first dispensary in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, but not all residents of the popular entertainment and business district are thrilled about the idea of marijuana being sold there.

A months-long undercover investigation led to the arrest of a Homer Glen man accused of trafficking a large amount of marijuana.

The stolen cannabis was deposited about 8:20 a.m. by a departing traveler who was warned by security that weed was illegal in his destination state.

Oregon sells marijuana legally. Idaho does not. And that is apparently why sales at shops in Oregon along the Idaho border are booming.

According to the Sun-Times, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed an added 3-percent tax on the now-legal drug.

The law is aimed at preventing pot growers from entering into exclusive agreements with specific shops and making sure all stores have a diversity of products from various sources.