Illinois might soon legalize recreational cannabis now that lawmakers have presented legislation that seeks to bring about this change in the region.
The governor has also admitted that he too is ready to implement the changes and sign the bill quickly after it gets passed. Even his budget for 2020 allegedly includes funding that is expected to come from the legalization of recreational cannabis in the state.
It's been estimated that the current demand for cannabis in Illinois would quickly exceed the growers' ability in the region.
Previous studies have also estimated that a legal recreational cannabis market could help to bring hundreds of millions to the state. Some speculate that it could be even more, that Illinois could be the next multi-billion dollar cannabis market.
The bill that's seeking to form that recreational market is the Cannabis Legalization Equity Act and that isn't the only one that's been proposed, there are multiple efforts that have been seeking to end the ongoing criminalization of recreational cannabis in the state.
If the newly proposed legislative changes that are seeking to reform the cannabis market in Illinois get passed, this would also make way for the removal of records for people who have low-level possession and dealing convictions related to cannabis.
Currently, there are at least 55 medical cannabis dispensaries in the state.
Many people in the state support legalization, some polls suspect it's as much as 60 percent or more.
Despite the critics, it's still expected that those sales for recreational cannabis will begin sometime in 2020.
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