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Illinois legal weed sales during the first full month of coronavirus lockdown amount to almost $37.3mm
CHICAGO TRIBUNE ^ | 5-4-20 | ALLY MAROTTI

Posted on 05/05/2020 2:50:18 PM PDT by SJackson

Legal weed sales during Illinois’ first full month of coronavirus lockdown amounted to almost $37.3 million, surpassing every month of recreational marijuana sales in Illinois so far except January.

Dispensaries have been allowed to stay open during Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, which has been extended through May. But operators have had to adapt, implementing online ordering systems, curbside pickup and enforcing social distancing in stores.

Even April 20, the well-known holiday celebrating marijuana, was subdued this year. Dispensaries stretched out 4/20 deals to reduce overcrowding in stores, and some celebrated the occasion virtually.

Still, last month’s sales bested March’s almost $36 million and February’s roughly $35 million. April sales trailed only the $39.2 million in revenue during January, the first full month of recreational sales in the state.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cannabis; illinois; marijuana; pot; wod
Medical, I suppose that could be essential, were it not for the fact that many medical procedures were deemed non essential. Recreational sales, well liquor stores are essential, so the state can collect the taxes. If Churches paid taxes the Governor would be calling for mass prayer.
1 posted on 05/05/2020 2:50:18 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

The taxes from that $37 million will surely pay for the $200 billion in unfunded pension obligations.


2 posted on 05/05/2020 2:52:05 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: SJackson

And just like opioid....this will backfire eventually.


3 posted on 05/05/2020 2:55:42 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SJackson

Stay home >>> Stay Stoned >>>> Vote Democrap


4 posted on 05/05/2020 2:57:39 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: SJackson; dainbramaged; TheStickman; NobleFree

The Government must never do without.


5 posted on 05/05/2020 2:58:19 PM PDT by KC_Lion (We honestly need a separation of Media and State.)
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To: SJackson

Hey, lets spark up, we all got corona checks!


6 posted on 05/05/2020 2:59:34 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: SJackson

China had the Opium Dens, we have reefer.

China is laughing at us.


7 posted on 05/05/2020 3:00:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
China had the Opium Dens, we have reefer.

We've had reefer for decades, legal or not.

8 posted on 05/05/2020 3:07:42 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Sacajaweau

Dumb and numb just they way they want you


9 posted on 05/05/2020 3:07:59 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: SJackson

Curbside pickup? I thought they went through the whole legalization thing to get rid of curbside pickup!


10 posted on 05/05/2020 3:18:00 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: SJackson

Proof that Jelly Belly Prickster is the King of the Dopes.


11 posted on 05/05/2020 3:33:46 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: FoxInSocks

Curbside pickup? I thought they went through the whole legalization thing to get rid of curbside pickup!


It is just like the old days. You pull up to a corner and you hand a guy some money and he gives you a baggie of weed. SOme things never change in a pandemic!


12 posted on 05/05/2020 3:36:01 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: SJackson

Roll another one,
Just like the other one.
You best be holding onto it,
Cause I sure don’t want to catch no Chinese s*it!

Just bogart that joint my friend,
Don’t pass it over to me!
Just bogart that joint my friend,
Don’t Pass it over to me!


13 posted on 05/05/2020 4:23:59 PM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: NobleFree

Well the oncoming attendant COPD won’t last decades


14 posted on 05/05/2020 5:19:54 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: SJackson

Yeah, but the garbageman left a flyer for AA on my recycle bin.....


15 posted on 05/05/2020 6:00:27 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: Phil DiBasquette

Because Americans have been smoking pot for decades, there is nothing “oncoming” - if we haven’t already seen an effect, we’re not going to.


16 posted on 05/05/2020 9:03:42 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: KC_Lion

Gov’t ruins things.

Cannabis makes things better for many of us.

We should be allowed to grow our own cannabis!!!


17 posted on 05/06/2020 2:22:09 AM PDT by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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To: TheStickman

btt FRiend!


18 posted on 05/06/2020 3:55:54 PM PDT by KC_Lion (We honestly need a separation of Media and State.)
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