An industry observer predicted the growing Illinois medical marijuana program will see a surge in the number of MMJ patients as a result of a pilot opioid-alternative program that launched Thursday.
Illinois already has seen steady growth, with dispensary sales exceeding $130 million in 2018.
Medical marijuana companies prepared for a boom in business as Illinois MMJ users began enrolling in a program designed to cut opioid addiction and overdoses.
For more details on Illinois’ opioid-alternative launch, click here.
With the rise of adult use cannabis, experts see medical marijuana dominated by two distinct markets.
fantastic I do not understand what is taking our gov’t so long to see we can fix the opioid problem with good old pot. too many of our citizens are dying from opioids
Very true!
I was in the dispensary today and it was all SENIOR CITIZENS getting enrolled into the Opioids Alternative Program!
Opioids only create more disease.