{"id":1130,"date":"2020-05-22T08:45:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T08:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartweedshop.com\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2020-05-25T04:31:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T04:31:27","slug":"marijuana-retailers-near-illinois-borders-benefit-from-out-of-state-customers-offer-warnings-on-crossing-boundaries-with-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/2020\/05\/22\/marijuana-retailers-near-illinois-borders-benefit-from-out-of-state-customers-offer-warnings-on-crossing-boundaries-with-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana retailers near Illinois borders benefit from out-of-state customers 420."},"content":{"rendered":"

Marijuana retailers near Illinois borders benefit from out-of-state customers 420.<\/h3>\n

Cannabis retailers in Illinois border towns are seeing strong sales to customers from neighboring states but are spending time and money training their employees to warn people that it is unlawful to transport marijuana across state lines.<\/p>\n

Illinois had a strong kickoff to its adult-use cannabis market, with recreational marijuana stores selling\u00a0nearly $40 million worth\u00a0of products during the first month of sales.<\/p>\n

While adult-use marijuana shops in Illinois declined to report the exact percentage of customers who came from other states, they did describe the number as \u201cmany.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Out-of-state customers who are 21 years old and have a valid driver\u2019s license can purchase cannabis in Illinois, which offers expanded sales opportunities to marijuana shops that are near the state\u2019s borders in particular. But it is illegal to cross state lines with cannabis.<\/p>\n

Marijuana retailers near the Illinois border are taking the time to train employees so they can let customers know the law, whether it\u2019s through conversations, posting signs, or providing information on their counters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe value our customers and encourage them to follow the law,\u201d said Kathleen Olivastro, regional director of Illinois Supply and Provisions\u2019 parent company Ascend Wellness Holdings, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based, vertically integrated operator with assets in Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, individuals are responsible for any legal ramifications, including transporting across state lines, once products leave the (store).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do encourage anyone considering purchasing cannabis to research and understand the laws before they come in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A sign at Illinois Supply and Provisions warns customers about crossing state lines with marijuana. The shop is located in Collinsville, Illinois, which is about 15 miles\u00a0from St. Louis\u2019 Gateway Arch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Illinois Supply and Provisions, located about 15 miles from St. Louis\u2019 Gateway Arch in Collinsville, Illinois, has served customers not only from Missouri but also from Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Stores located near the border have the opportunity for stronger sales but must ensure that their employees have more extensive training than staffers\u00a0in stores that are not near state lines.<\/p>\n

Nic Easley, CEO of Denver-based 3C Consulting, said he advises retail clients to create a questionnaire for customers to answer when they\u2019re checking out that includes an item about agreeing not to take cannabis across state lines.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also counseled clients not to sell cannabis to customers if they have alluded to the fact they\u2019ll be doing something illegal.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re putting the onus on individuals for safe and responsible cannabis use,\u201d Easley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever you have something on one side (of a border) that you don\u2019t have on the other, people are going to come. I love border locations for capturing new markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medical Mondays<\/strong><\/p>\n

Illinois Supply and Provision, formerly HCI Alternatives, reserves Mondays for medical marijuana patients.<\/p>\n

Both Illinois and Missouri residents who hold MMJ cards can shop in the store. However, Missouri medical cardholders are not permitted to purchase MMJ products at the store but can purchase recreational products on Mondays \u2013 and pay adult-use sales tax rates on products.<\/p>\n

\u201cIS&P feels it is important to give Missouri medical patients \u2013 some with serious health challenges \u2013 access to the dispensary on a day that is typically less busy, even though they must be treated as adult-use customers,\u201d Olivastro said.<\/p>\n

Jushi Holdings, multistate cannabis, and hemp operator based in Boca Raton, Florida, recently acquired two Illinois medical cannabis dispensaries from Colorado-based The Green Solution, including one in Sauget, across the river from St. Louis.<\/p>\n

The company has received approval to operate the dispensaries as adult-use retail stores under its Beyond\/Hello brand, which is likely to occur by early March. Ultimately, Jushi plans to have four adult-use retail stores open in Illinois by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Jushi President Erich Mauff said the community has proved receptive to the store adding adult-use sales to its offerings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re really excited for us to be there,\u201d Mauff said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been great supporters of us over the last four years and are keen for us to get the adult-use up and running.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we can only do that once we can protect the medical patients and have an uninterrupted supply of marijuana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite its location, just 4\u00bd miles from St. Louis, medical patients from Missouri will not be able to purchase medical marijuana from Beyond\/Hello.<\/p>\n

As of Feb. 19, 33,490 Missourians were registered as medical marijuana patients even though the state\u2019s first dispensaries aren\u2019t expected to open until late spring or early summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn individual must be an Illinois resident to be registered as a patient,\u201d Mauff said. \u201cThere is no medical cannabis reciprocity between the state of Missouri and Illinois.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emphasis on compliance<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Jushi rebrands\u00a0its Sauget shop to Beyond\/Hello and opens to adult-use customers \u2013 people who are 21 with a valid ID \u2013 it will sell to Missourians. The store will train budtenders to ensure customers who are not Illinois residents are aware that crossing state lines with marijuana is illegal.<\/p>\n

\u201cA priority for the company will be continually emphasizing communication of all compliance requirements,\u201d Mauff said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marijuana retailers near Illinois borders benefit from out-of-state customers 420. Cannabis retailers in Illinois border towns are seeing strong sales to customers from neighboring states but are spending time and money training their employees to warn people that it is unlawful to transport marijuana across state lines. Illinois had a strong kickoff to its adult-use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[103,101,102],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blog","tag-cannabis","tag-smartweedshop-blog","post_format-post-format-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1320,"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/1320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illuminatiwh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}