The state of IL finally approved cannabis for adults over the age of 21 beginning on December 1st of 2020, however on that day, license dispensaries were allowed to sell cannabis products to IL residents and non-IL residents, and legal dispensaries can sell up to 30 grams of cannabis flower and 5 grams of cannabis concentrates at 1 time, however there are a lot of rules and regulations regarding the dispensaries, who can operate them, and how they must be run, i sincerely thought it was going to take another 5 years before IL finally legalized marijuana.
I voted for it to be on the ballot several strange times before it was absolutely ratified in the state constitution. I spent 6 weeks in jail when I got in trouble for having an ounce of marijuana on me. I wasn’t intending to sell the marijuana to anyone. It was all for personal use; Unluckyly, I got a judge that wanted to make a statement and she decided that I had the intent to sell and distribute and she threw the book at me. It was only our first time offense, but she still gave me 6 weeks in jail. I also had to pay $4,000 in fines and restitution. I have that on our record forever now. I’ve talked to a couple of lawyers to see if I can get the marijuana charge taken off our record, but it’s going to cost a fortune to have that done. I spoke to a lawyer that wants 2 grand up front just to look into the case.