LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, INC. (OTCPink:PNPL) (the “Company”), a publicly-traded company that offers cannabis industry consulting, technology, investments, turn-key property rentals, and branding concepts to businesses in the legal cannabis industry, announced today that after a 10 month registration process, the state of Illinois granted the Company’s consulting client Nature’s Treatment of Illinois, Inc. (“NTI”) a Notice of Conditional Approval regarding its dispensing organization application for registration.  NTI was awarded one of only approximately 60 dispensary conditional registration approvals in Illinois.  The dispensary will be the only one in Illinois’ District 7. Following receipt of final approval by the state, which is anticipated within the month of January, NTI will engage in the distribution of cannabis for medical use, and related goods and services in the cannabis industry in Illinois. Construction is almost complete on the freestanding building for the dispensary operation and the...