Chicago City Wire

Forty-six dispensaries throughout Illinois can sell recreational marijuana to adults as of Wednesday, including 10 in Chicago, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

At least two dozen dispensaries around the state were expected to have recreational pot immediately available for sale to adults on New Year’s Day, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Long lines of marijuana buyers were reported throughout the state on Wednesday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and others supported legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois, and the legislature last year passed a bill to legalize such sales and generate additional state revenues.

Under the new law, Illinois residents must be age 21 or older in order to purchase 30 grams of cannabis flower or 500 milligrams of the active ingredient THC in a product containing cannabis.

Cannabis can only be transported in a vehicle if it is in a sealed, odor-proof container and cannot be consumed in any motor vehicle, under the new Illinois law.

Licensed Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries in Chicago

Dispensary Name	Address	Medical Pot Patients Served?	License Issue Date
Sunnyside	3812 N. Clark St. in Chicago	Yes	Oct. 15, 2019
Dispensary33	5001 N. Clark St. in Chicago	Yes	Nov. 6, 2019
Maribis of Chicago	4570 S. Archer Ave. in Chicago	Yes	Nov. 6, 2019
MOCA Modern Cannabis	2847 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago	Yes	Nov. 19, 2019
Columbia Care	4758 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago	Yes	Nov. 25, 2019
Mission Illinois	8554 S. Commercial Ave. in Chicago	Yes	Nov. 25, 2019
The Herbal Care Center	1301 S. Western Ave. in Chicago	Yes	Nov. 27, 2019
Midway Dispensary	5648 S. Archer Ave. in Chicago	Yes	Dec. 11, 2019
Zen Leaf Chicago	6428 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago	Yes	Dec. 11, 2019
NuMed Chicago	1308 W. North Ave. in Chicago	Yes	Dec. 13, 2019

Source: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation