Illinois lawmakers ended this legislative session Wednesday without addressing medical marijuana expansion or regulations for hemp products.
According to the Chicago Tribune, MMJ advocates blamed Illinois-based multistate operator Green Thumb Industries (GTI) for sinking an omnibus bill that would have allowed every dispensary beyond the 55 original MMJ retailers to serve patients without levying a retail tax.
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Other stipulations under the proposal included:
Allowing curbside pickup and drive-thru windows. Permitting online doctor exams. Reducing barriers for those with criminal records to work in the industry. Repealing certain cultivator and craft-grower taxes.
The Cannabis Equity Coalition of Illinois blamed GTI for lobbying against the MMJ expansion and called for a boycott of the company’s products and its Rise stores.
GTI responded
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