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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Medical marijuana goes on sale in Illinois, but not yet in the Metro East 🌿Medical marijuana goes on sale in Illinois, but not yet in the Metro East
Medical marijuana became legal in Illinois on Monday, but qualified Metro East patients will have to travel at least two hours to pick up their prescriptions.
Illinois approved nine locations for the first day of dispensation. More sites are expected to open in the weeks ahead, but a spokesman for a state regulatory agency said he’s not allowed to say if any applications are pending for the Metro East or anywhere else.
Meanwhile, the nearest dispensaries are the Harbory, in Marion, 120 miles to the southeast, or Herbal Remedies, in Quincy, 140 miles north.
The second and third patients in line when the doors of the Harbory opened Monday were Trever Oliver, 25, and Drew Perkinson, 24, both of Godfrey. They got there at 7 a.m., Oliver said.
“Words can’t really describe this moment. You wait so long to get the card, and that part was exciting,” Perkinson told the...
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