Data as of 2026-01-09

Illinois

Illinois legalized adult-use cannabis and began retail sales on the same day, January 1, 2020, when existing medical operators converted to serve the recreational market — an implementation gap of zero days. In calendar-year 2024 the state reached $2,007,000,000 in combined legal sales: $1,722,000,000 adult-use and roughly $285 million medical, up 2.5 percent over 2023. That works out to $157.79 in legal sales per resident. Item volume rose about 13 percent over the same period, so dollar growth ran well behind unit growth. The supply side is built on a two-tier cultivation structure. The state has issued 108 cultivation licenses — 21 large cultivation centers and 87 craft growers; 42 are operational, an activation rate of 38.9 percent, concentrated in the cultivation-center tier. There are 3.3 operating cultivators per million residents. The state lists 274 active adult-use dispensary licenses, 2.2 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. Illinois imposes a potency-tiered excise tax, one of the more complex cannabis tax structures among legal states. Retail and wholesale prices are declining, corroborated by record unit volumes against falling dollar revenue. The state ranks among the legal states with the highest per-capita cannabis arrest rate even after decriminalization.

Market

Licensing & Market

Illinois operates a two-tier cultivation system: large cultivation centers and smaller craft growers. The state has issued 108 cultivation licenses in total — 21 cultivation centers and 87 craft growers. Of those, 42 are operational, an activation rate of 38.9 percent; all 21 cultivation centers are operating while 21 of 87 craft growers are. There are 3.3 operating cultivators per million residents. The state lists 274 active adult-use dispensary licenses, 2.2 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents; Illinois does not publish a primary total of dispensary licenses awarded, so a retail activation rate cannot be computed from public records. Statutory license caps exist, and vertical integration is allowed with restrictions: no entity may hold an interest in more than ten dispensing organizations, and a craft grower may hold no more than a ten percent interest in a cultivation center. There is no enforceable owner-residency requirement — the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act's in-state residency-preference scoring was enjoined under the Dormant Commerce Clause in Finch v. Treto (N.D. Ill. 2021), though the statutory text was not repealed. Fees are tiered: the craft-grower application fee is $5,000 and the annual license fee $40,000, while the cultivation-center fee structure is higher; the dispensing-organization application fee is $5,000 and the renewal fee $60,000. The state tracks product through Metrc, which became the official seed-to-sale system on July 1, 2025, replacing BioTrack.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded 108 [8]
Cultivator licenses operational 42 [9]
Cultivator activation rate 38.9% [10]
Operating cultivators per million 3.3 [11]
Retail licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Retail licenses operational 274 [12]
Retail activation rate Not available in the public record —
Dispensaries per 100k 2.2 [13]
Vertical integration allowed with restrictions [14]
License caps exist Yes [15]
Licenses transferable Not available in the public record —
Residency required No [16]
Residency duration (months) Not available in the public record —
Municipalities allowing Not available in the public record —
Municipalities total Not available in the public record —
Municipal opt-in rate Not available in the public record —
Track-and-trace system Metrc [17]
Cultivator application fee $5,000 [18]
Cultivator annual fee $40,000 [19]
Retail application fee $5,000 [20]
Retail annual fee $60,000 [21]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

Adult residents 21 and over may possess up to 30 grams of cannabis flower — about 1.06 ounces — plus 5 grams of concentrate and 500 milligrams of THC in infused products; non-residents are limited to half those amounts. Per-transaction purchase limits match the possession limits. Adult-use home cultivation is not permitted; only registered medical patients 21 and over may grow, up to 5 plants per household. Unauthorized cultivation of five or fewer plants is a civil violation carrying a $100 to $200 fine. All major product forms are legal, including flower, concentrates, and cannabis-infused products. Home or consumer delivery is not legal — the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act authorizes only licensee-to-licensee transport, and no consumer-delivery framework exists, so none operates. On-premises consumption is authorized: a unit of local government may permit consumption at a licensed dispensary or retail tobacco store. The state does not publish a count of operating consumption venues.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed No [22]
Home grow plant limit 5 [23]
Possession limit (oz) 1.06 [24]
Delivery legal No [25]
Delivery operational No [26]
Consumption lounges legal Yes [27]
Consumption lounges count Not available in the public record —
Purchase limit, flower (oz) 1.06 [28]
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) 5 [29]
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) 500 [30]
All product forms legal Yes [31]
Restricted product forms Not available in the public record —
Taxes

Taxation

Illinois imposes a potency-tiered purchaser excise tax: 10 percent on cannabis flower at or below 35 percent adjusted delta-9-THC, 25 percent on cannabis above that threshold, and 20 percent on all cannabis-infused products. On top of the excise tax, adult-use cannabis carries the 6.25 percent state Retailers' Occupation Tax, and local governments may add up to 6 percent combined — up to 3 percent municipal plus up to 3 percent county. A separate 7 percent Cannabis Cultivation Privilege Tax applies upstream on the first sale by a cultivator. A representative combined rate on flower at a Chicago register is about 26.25 percent. Medical cannabis is exempt from the potency excise tax and local cannabis taxes but still pays the 1 percent state food-and-drug rate, so it is not fully exempt. The excise and sales rates have not changed since legalization in 2020. Total adult-use cannabis revenue was $474,058,705 in fiscal year 2025 — about $37.27 per resident — up from roughly $457 million in fiscal year 2024.

Field Value Source
Excise tax 10% [32]
Excise tax type per potency [33]
Sales tax 6.25% [34]
Wholesale tax 7% [35]
Potency tax exists Yes [36]
Potency tax, flower 10% [37]
Potency tax, concentrate 25% [38]
Potency tax, edibles 20% [39]
Local tax (max) 6% [40]
Local tax (typical) Not available in the public record —
Total effective rate 26.25% [41]
Medical tax exempt No [42]
Medical tax rate 1% [43]
Annual tax revenue $474,100,000 [44]
Tax revenue per capita $37.27 [45]
Tax changed since legalization No [46]
Tax direction unchanged [47]
Operators

Operator Data

Total legal sales reached $2,007,000,000 in calendar-year 2024, of which $1,722,000,000 was adult-use. Year-over-year dollar growth was 2.5 percent while item volume rose about 13 percent. Sales per resident were $157.79. Retail and wholesale prices are declining; secondary reporting citing the regulator describes record unit volumes sold against falling dollar revenue, the signature of price compression. Illinois publishes no public wholesale or retail price index, so the degree of price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public records — those figures are available only through proprietary data not used here. Of 108 cultivation licenses issued, 42 are operational, with the operational base concentrated in the 21 large cultivation centers; the craft-grower tier remains largely in buildout, with 21 of 87 operating. The state does not publish a public count of license attrition or peak-versus-current cultivation licenses.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend declining [48]
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) Not available in the public record —
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales $2,007,000,000 [49]
Adult-use sales $1,506,740,852.75 [50]
Per-capita sales $120.06 [51]
YoY sales growth 2.5% [52]
License attrition (count) Not available in the public record —
License attrition Not available in the public record —
Peak cultivation licenses Not available in the public record —
Current cultivation licenses 42 [53]
Outcomes

Consumer Data

Illinois residents purchased $157.79 of legal cannabis per capita in calendar-year 2024, served by 2.2 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. Retail prices are declining, corroborated by secondary reporting of record unit volumes against falling dollar revenue. The state publishes no estimate of legal-market capture — the share of total consumption met by licensed retailers versus the unregulated market — so the degree to which legal supply has displaced the legacy market cannot be stated from public sources.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales $120.06 [51]
Dispensaries per 100k 2.2 [13]
Legal market capture Not available in the public record —
Legal capture source Not available in the public record —
Retail price trend declining [54]
Equity

Equity Programs

Social equity is built into Illinois's licensing design through the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act's Social Equity Applicant program — a race- and gender-neutral standard requiring 51 percent ownership or control by individuals who meet a Disproportionately Impacted Area residency criterion, hold an expungeable cannabis offense, or employ qualifying residents — carrying application bonus points, 50 percent fee reductions, forgivable loans, and craft-grower, infuser, and transporter set-asides. The state does not publish a primary total of social-equity licenses awarded or operational, so an equity activation rate cannot be computed from public records. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has awarded more than $22.6 million in Cannabis Business Development Fund Direct Forgivable Loans through fiscal year 2025. Separately, the Restore, Reinvest, Renew program has awarded more than $330 million in community-reinvestment grants since 2021. In the 2024 state diversity survey, 41 percent of significant equity holders identified as minority and 17 percent of companies were majority women-owned, up from 3 percent in 2020. Expungement has moved at scale: Illinois automatically expunges minor cannabis records, and the Illinois State Police had processed more than 780,000 minor cannabis charges as of January 2023, a figure that has been static since fiscal year 2023; the count reflects charges and events rather than unique people.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists Yes [55]
Equity program type CRTA Social Equity Applicant (race/gender-neutral; 51% ownership/control by individuals meeting DIA residency, an expungeable cannabis offense, or a 51%-DIA-employee criterion) with application bonus points; 50% fee waivers; Cannabis Business Development Fund Direct Forgivable Loans; R3 community reinvestment; craft-grower/infuser/transporter set-asides [56]
Equity licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses operational Not available in the public record —
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists Yes [57]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed $22,600,000 [58]
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership 41% [59]
Women ownership 17% [60]
Community reinvestment 330000000 [61]
Expungement exists Yes [62]
Expungement automatic Yes [63]
Expungements processed 780000 [64]
Income cap for equity $750,000 [65]
Enforcement

Enforcement

Illinois tracks regulated product seed-to-sale through Metrc. The state reports a limited set of enforcement metrics: 625 dispensary inspections in fiscal year 2025, conducted by 11 inspectors, with 0 product recalls in that year and none to date. The cannabis program at the licensing agency spent $2,190,666 from a single dedicated fund in fiscal year 2025 — a single-fund line that excludes the larger multi-agency Cannabis Regulation Fund. Six categories of laboratory testing are mandatory: cannabinoid analysis, microbiological contaminants, mycotoxins, pesticide residue, residual solvents, and heavy metals. Other operational metrics — discrete counts of enforcement actions against licensees, illicit-market enforcement actions, per-batch testing cost, and the fine schedule — are not available in the public record in a form that can be sourced. This is not because enforcement does not occur, but because the regulator does not report these figures in a sourceable form for a public reference.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system Metrc [17]
Inspections per year 625 [66]
Enforcement actions (licensees) Not available in the public record —
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions Not available in the public record —
Regulatory budget $2,190,666 [67]
Regulatory staff 11 [68]
Mandatory testing analytes 6 [69]
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year 0 [70]
Fine schedule (min) Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (max) Not available in the public record —
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, effective January 1, 2020, decriminalized adult possession of up to 30 grams and reduced personal-use penalties; no cannabis penalty has been increased since. Possession above the legal limit is graded by weight: 30 to 100 grams is a Class A misdemeanor carrying up to one year and a $2,500 fine, and 100 to 500 grams is a Class 4 felony carrying one to three years and a fine up to $25,000. Unlicensed cultivation of more than 200 plants is a Class 1 felony carrying 4 to 15 years and a fine up to $100,000. Unlicensed delivery of more than 5,000 grams is a Class X felony carrying 6 to 30 years and a fine up to $200,000. Illinois sets a per se driving limit of 5 nanograms per milliliter of delta-9-THC in whole blood, not a zero-tolerance standard, with medical patients exempt absent impairment. Eligible cannabis records are expunged automatically. Despite decriminalization, Illinois has the highest per-capita cannabis arrest rate among legal states, with an estimated 6,890 cannabis arrests per year derived from secondary reporting; the same secondary source attributes continued enforcement to a transport rule requiring cannabis to be carried in an odor-proof container, a Class A misdemeanor that pending legislation, Senate Bill 42 of the 104th General Assembly, would repeal along with barring odor-based stops and searches. A Black-to-white cannabis-possession arrest disparity of 7.5 to one is documented in pre-legalization 2010-2018 data and is not asserted here as a current post-legalization figure.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Class 1 felony, 4-15 years + up to $100,000 (>200 plants) [71]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale Class X felony, 6-30 years + up to $200,000 (>5,000g) [72]
Felony threshold (grams) 100 [73]
Felony threshold type possession [74]
Penalty, possession over limit Over 30-100g: Class A misdemeanor (up to 1 yr, $2,500). Over 100-500g: Class 4 felony (1-3 yrs, $25,000) [75]
Penalty, public consumption Public consumption prohibited under CRTA; enforced via local citation (e.g., Chicago municipal fine); consumption banned in public, vehicles, and near minors [76]
DUI per se limit (ng) 5 [77]
DUI zero tolerance No [78]
Penalties increased post-legalization No [79]
Penalty direction lighter [80]
Penalty direction details CRTA (eff. 1/1/2020) decriminalized adult possession up to 30g and abolished criminal penalties for personal-amount possession. BUT Illinois has the highest per-capita cannabis arrest rate of any legalized state and possession arrests rose 3.4% post-legalization (MPP 2026), driven by the 625 ILCS 5/11-502.15 odor-proof-container transport rule (Class A misdemeanor). SB42 (104th GA) would bar odor-based stops/searches and repeal that container rule. [81]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) 6890 [82]
Racial disparity ratio 7.5 [83]
Expungement exists Yes [62]
Expungement automatic Yes [63]

Sources

  1. ↑ [IDFPR Adult Use Cannabis Program]() https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/adultusecan.html
  2. ↑ [U.S. Census QuickFacts: Illinois]() https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/IL/PST045224
  3. ↑ Latest verified data point: IDFPR Combined Adult Use Dispensing Organization License List (updated 2026-01-09), [adultusedispensaries.pdf]() https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/licenselookup/adultusedispensaries.pdf
  4. ↑ Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act effective 2020-01-01 — [IDFPR Adult Use Cannabis Program]() https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/adultusecan.html
  5. ↑ First adult-use retail sales 2020-01-01 — [IDFPR Adult Use Cannabis Program]() https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/adultusecan.html
  6. ↑ Computed: first_sale_date (2020-01-01) − legalization_date (2020-01-01) = 0
  7. ↑ [U.S. Census QuickFacts: Illinois]() — post-2020 annual population estimate (≈2025 vintage); not the 2020 decennial count (12,812,508) https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/IL/PST045224
  8. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (CROO, FY2025)]() p.31 — '21 Adult Use Cultivation Centers, 87 Craft Growers' issued = 108 https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  9. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025)]() p.31 ('21 Craft Grow licensees operational') + [IDOA Cultivation Centers list](https://cannabis.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/cannabis/documents/idoa/list-of-medical-cultivation-centers.pdf) (21 operational) = 42 https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  10. ↑ Computed: 42 operational / 108 awarded × 100
  11. ↑ Computed: 42 operational / (12,719,141 / 1,000,000)
  12. ↑ [IDFPR Combined Adult Use Dispensing Organization License List]() (updated 2026-01-09) — 'Total Number of Active Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses: 274' https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/licenselookup/adultusedispensaries.pdf
  13. ↑ Computed: 274 operational dispensaries / (12,719,141 / 100,000); operational count per [IDFPR dispensary list]() https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/licenselookup/adultusedispensaries.pdf
  14. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/15-36(c) — no entity may hold interest in >10 dispensing organizations; craft grower ≤10% interest in a cultivation center. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  15. ↑ Statutory caps exist (e.g., dispensary and per-entity caps). 410 ILCS 705 — [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  16. ↑ No enforceable owner-residency requirement. CRTA residency-preference scoring (410 ILCS 705/30-15) was enjoined under the Dormant Commerce Clause in Finch v. Treto (N.D. Ill. 2021). [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  17. ↑ [Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office — Seed-to-Sale Tracking]() — Metrc became the official track-and-trace system 2025-07-01, replacing BioTrack https://cannabis.illinois.gov/research-and-data/seed-to-sale-tracking.html
  18. ↑ 410 ILCS 705 Art. 30 (craft grower application fee $5,000). [CRTA full text](). Note: cultivation-center application fee is $100,000 (Art. 20) https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  19. ↑ 410 ILCS 705 (craft grower license/renewal fee $40,000). [CRTA full text](). Cultivation-center fee is $100,000 https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  20. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/15-30 — dispensing organization application fee $5,000 (social-equity reduction by rule). [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  21. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/15-36(d)(1) — dispensing organization renewal fee $60,000 (initial license fee also $60,000). [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  22. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/10-5 — adult-use home cultivation not authorized; only registered medical patients may grow. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  23. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/10-5(b)(1) — registered qualifying medical patient 21+ may grow 5 plants >5 inches per household. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  24. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/10-10 — resident limit 30g flower (~1.06 oz); non-resident 15g. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  25. ↑ 410 ILCS 705 authorizes only licensee-to-licensee transport; no home/consumer delivery provision exists. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  26. ↑ No legal delivery framework, so none operating. 410 ILCS 705 — [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  27. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/55-25(3) — a unit of local government may authorize on-premises consumption at a dispensing organization or retail tobacco store. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  28. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/10-10 — 30g flower (~1.06 oz) per resident. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  29. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/10-10 — 5g concentrate (resident). [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  30. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/10-10 — 500mg THC in cannabis-infused product (resident). [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  31. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/1-10 defines and permits flower, concentrate, and cannabis-infused products; no standard product form is banned. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  32. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/65-10(a) — 10% on cannabis ≤35% adjusted delta-9-THC. [CRTA full text](); [IDOR Cannabis Taxes](https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation/other/cannabis-taxes.html) https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  33. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/65-10(a) — purchaser excise tax is tiered by THC potency. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  34. ↑ 35 ILCS 120/2-10 — state Retailers' Occupation Tax 6.25%; applied to adult-use cannabis per [IDOR Cannabis Taxes]() https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation/other/cannabis-taxes.html
  35. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/60-10(a) — Cannabis Cultivation Privilege Tax 7% of gross receipts from first sale. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  36. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/65-10(a) — rates differ by THC content. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  37. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/65-10(a)(1) — 10% on cannabis ≤35% adjusted THC. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  38. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/65-10(a)(2) — 25% on cannabis >35% adjusted THC. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  39. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/65-10(a)(3) — 20% on cannabis-infused products. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  40. ↑ Municipal Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax up to 3% + county cannabis tax up to 3% (incorporated) = 6% combined max; see [IDOR Cannabis Taxes]() https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation/other/cannabis-taxes.html
  41. ↑ Computed example (Chicago flower at register): 10% excise + 6.25% state ROT + Cook/Chicago/RTA general sales + 3% Cook + 3% Chicago cannabis taxes = 26.25%. Component rates per [IDOR Cannabis Taxes]() https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation/other/cannabis-taxes.html
  42. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/65-10(c) — medical cannabis is exempt from the purchaser excise tax but still pays the 1% state ROT (food/drug rate), so not fully exempt. [CRTA full text](); [IDOR Cannabis Taxes](https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation/other/cannabis-taxes.html) https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  43. ↑ 35 ILCS 120/2-10 — medical cannabis taxed at the 1% qualifying food/drug ROT rate. [IDOR Cannabis Taxes]() https://tax.illinois.gov/research/taxinformation/other/cannabis-taxes.html
  44. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025)]() p.86 — total adult-use cannabis revenue FY2025 = $474,058,705 (rounds to $474.1M) https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  45. ↑ Computed: $474,058,705 / 12,719,141
  46. ↑ Excise/sales rates set at legalization (410 ILCS 705/65-10) unchanged since 2020. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  47. ↑ Rates unchanged since 2020 per 410 ILCS 705/65-10. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  48. ↑ [SECONDARY] [MJBizDaily (citing IDFPR), 2026]() — record units sold while revenue fell, indicating sustained wholesale price compression https://mjbizdaily.com/news/illinois-cannabis-retailers-sold-record-amount-of-product-in-2025-but-made-less-money/614549/
  49. ↑ [IDFPR press release, Feb 2025]() — CY2024 total dispensary sales ≈ $2.007B ($1.722B adult-use + $285M medical) https://idfpr.illinois.gov/news/2025/pritzker-admin-announces-cannabis-sales-exceed-2bil-annually.html
  50. ↑ [IDFPR adult-use cannabis sales, Nov–Dec 2025 release (Jan 30 2026)]() — CY2025 adult-use sales = $1,506,740,852.75, excl. tax. Metrc-lineage caveat: new seed-to-sale system July 2025 https://idfpr.illinois.gov/news/2026/adult-use-cannabis-sales-figures-released-for-nov-dec-2025.html
  51. ↑ CALC: CY2025 · adult-use sales $1,506,740,853 / population 12,549,689 (U.S. Census Vintage 2025) = $120.06. Reconciled adult-use per-capita (matches Operator Outcomes and the ranking page).
  52. ↑ [IDFPR press release, Feb 2025]() — CY2024 total dispensary sales +2.5% vs CY2023 (item volume +13%) https://idfpr.illinois.gov/news/2025/pritzker-admin-announces-cannabis-sales-exceed-2bil-annually.html
  53. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025)]() p.31 + [IDOA Cultivation Centers list](https://cannabis.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/cannabis/documents/idoa/list-of-medical-cultivation-centers.pdf) — 42 operational https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  54. ↑ [SECONDARY] [MJBizDaily (citing IDFPR), 2026]() — record units sold while dollar revenue fell, indicating declining retail prices https://mjbizdaily.com/news/illinois-cannabis-retailers-sold-record-amount-of-product-in-2025-but-made-less-money/614549/
  55. ↑ 410 ILCS 705 Article 7 (Social Equity Applicant program). [DCEO Social Equity Applicant Criteria]() https://dceo.illinois.gov/oe3/cannabisequity/socialequityapplicantcriteria.html
  56. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/1-10 (Social Equity Applicant definition) + [DCEO Social Equity Applicant Criteria]() https://dceo.illinois.gov/oe3/cannabisequity/socialequityapplicantcriteria.html
  57. ↑ Cannabis Business Development Fund (410 ILCS 705 Article 7); [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025) DCEO section]() https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  58. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025)]() p.95 — DCEO Cannabis Business Development Fund Direct Forgivable Loans 'over $22.6M' awarded through FY2025 (Round 1 $18.3M/33; Round 2 $4.32M/18; Round 3 launched Aug 2025, amounts pending) https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  59. ↑ [CROO 2024 Diversity Survey Description and Results (Jan 2025)]() — 41% of 5%+ equity holders identify as minority https://cannabis.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/cannabis/documents/croo/diversity-survey/croo-2024-survey-description-and-results.pdf
  60. ↑ [CROO 2024 Diversity Survey Description and Results (Jan 2025)]() — 17% of companies majority women-owned https://cannabis.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/cannabis/documents/croo/diversity-survey/croo-2024-survey-description-and-results.pdf
  61. ↑ [R3 (Restore, Reinvest, Renew) program, ICJIA]() — more than $330M in R3 grants awarded since 2021 https://r3.illinois.gov/news/restore-reinvest-renew-r3-program-grants-apply-now/
  62. ↑ [Illinois CROO Expungement page]() — automatic and pardon-based cannabis record clearing under CRTA https://cannabis.illinois.gov/legal-and-enforcement/expungement.html
  63. ↑ [Illinois CROO Expungement page]() — Illinois State Police automatic expungement of minor cannabis arrest records under CRTA https://cannabis.illinois.gov/legal-and-enforcement/expungement.html
  64. ↑ [Illinois CROO Expungement page]() — 780,000+ minor cannabis charges expunged by ISP (as of Jan 2023; static since FY2023 per FY2025 report); + 11,430 pardons, 23,097 vacaturs https://cannabis.illinois.gov/legal-and-enforcement/expungement.html
  65. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/7-20 — <$750,000 prior-year income is the threshold for the Social Equity Applicant surety-bond/escrow waiver. [IDFPR Surety Bond/Escrow Waiver Form F2479]() https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/f2479.pdf
  66. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025)]() p.15 — 625 IDFPR dispensary inspections in FY2025 https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  67. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025)]() pp.25-26 — $2,190,665.87 spent from the 075 Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund (IDFPR cannabis program only; excludes the 912 Cannabis Regulation Fund) https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  68. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025)]() p.15 — 11 IDFPR dispensary inspectors in FY2025 https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  69. ↑ 8 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.700(a) — six required test categories: microbiological contaminants, mycotoxins, pesticide residue, residual solvents, heavy metals, active-ingredient (cannabinoid) analysis. [JCAR admin code]() https://ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/008/008013000H07000R.html
  70. ↑ [Illinois 2025 Annual Cannabis Report (FY2025)]() p.16 — 0 product recalls in FY2025; no mandatory recalls to date https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/fy2025-annual-cannabis-report.pdf
  71. ↑ 720 ILCS 550/8(e) — >200 plants is a Class 1 felony, fine up to $100,000 (Class 1 range 4-15 yrs per 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-30). [Cannabis Control Act full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1937&ChapterID=53&ChapAct=FullText
  72. ↑ 720 ILCS 550/5(g) — >5,000g delivery is a Class X felony, fine up to $200,000 (Class X range 6-30 yrs per 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-25). [Cannabis Control Act full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1937&ChapterID=53&ChapAct=FullText
  73. ↑ 720 ILCS 550/4(d) — possession of >100g (first offense) is a Class 4 felony; 30-100g is a Class A misdemeanor. [Cannabis Control Act full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1937&ChapterID=53&ChapAct=FullText
  74. ↑ 720 ILCS 550/4 — threshold applies to simple possession. [Cannabis Control Act full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1937&ChapterID=53&ChapAct=FullText
  75. ↑ 720 ILCS 550/4 — 30-100g Class A misdemeanor; 100-500g Class 4 felony (first offense). [Cannabis Control Act full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1937&ChapterID=53&ChapAct=FullText
  76. ↑ 410 ILCS 705/10-35 — public consumption and consumption in vehicles/near minors prohibited; enforcement via local citation. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  77. ↑ 625 ILCS 5/11-501.2(a)6 — 5 ng/mL delta-9-THC in whole blood per se; medical patients exempt absent impairment. [Illinois Vehicle Code full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1815&ChapterID=49&ChapAct=FullText
  78. ↑ 625 ILCS 5/11-501.2 sets a 5 ng/mL per se limit for adults (not zero-tolerance). [Illinois Vehicle Code full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1815&ChapterID=49&ChapAct=FullText
  79. ↑ No statute has increased cannabis penalties since the CRTA reduced/decriminalized them (eff. 2020). [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  80. ↑ CRTA (eff. 2020) decriminalized adult possession up to 30g and reduced personal-use penalties. [CRTA full text]() https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3992&ChapterID=35&ChapAct=FullText
  81. ↑ [SECONDARY] Transport rule: [625 ILCS 5/11-502.15]() (odor-proof container, Class A misdemeanor). Arrest-rate/+3.4% claims: MPP 2026 'Marijuana Arrests by the Numbers' as reported by [977 WMOI](https://977wmoi.com/2026/04/new-report-shows-illinois-ranks-highest-in-per-capita-arrests-among-legalization-states/). Pending reform: [SB42, 104th GA](https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?GAID=18&DocNum=42&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=0&SessionID=114) https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/062500050K11-502.15.htm
  82. ↑ [SECONDARY] Derived: MPP 2026 rate of 54.16 cannabis arrests/100K × IL population 12,719,141 ≈ 6,890/yr, as reported by [977 WMOI](). MPP also reports ~15 arrests/day and 'well over 5,000 possession arrests/year' https://977wmoi.com/2026/04/new-report-shows-illinois-ranks-highest-in-per-capita-arrests-among-legalization-states/
  83. ↑ [ACLU of Illinois, 'A Tale of Two Countries' (2020)]() — Black:White cannabis possession arrest ratio 7.5x (3rd-highest nationally; 2010-2018 data, pre-legalization) https://www.aclu-il.org/en/news/new-aclu-report-shows-black-illinois-residents-were-seven-times-more-likely-be-arrested
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