Illinois Legalization

Status

Legalized

Became Law:

2019

ADULT-USE POSSESSION LIMITS

  • Flower: residents 30 grams; non-residents 15 grams
  • Concentrate: residents 5 grams; non-residents 2.5 grams
  • Edibles: residents 500 mg; non-residents 250 mg

HOME CULTIVATION

  • No. However, under the law home cultivation is only subject to civil — not criminal — penalties.

STATE-LICENSED RETAILERS OPERATIONAL

  • Yes

THC LIMITS ON COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS

  • No

EDIBLES SERVING SIZE LIMITS

  • Serving: 10 mg
  • Package: 100 mg

DELIVERY

  • No

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR OFF-THE-JOB CONSUMPTION

  • No

PROCESS TO EXPUNGE/SEAL PAST CONVICTIONS

  • Yes, those convicted of eligible low level marijuana possession crimes are subject to executive clemency.
  • Details

PER SE TRAFFIC SAFETY LIMITS

  • Yes. The law states: “If there [is] a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 5 nanograms or more in whole blood or 10 nanograms or more in an other bodily substance …, it shall be presumed that the person [is] under the influence of cannabis.”

PENALTIES FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION

  • Yes, consuming cannabis in public remains subject to penalty.