SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has approved applications for 235,798 qualifying patients (including 1025 persons under 18 years of age), since it began accepting applications for the Medical Cannabis Registry Program on September 2, 2014. The current total number of active patients in the MCPP program as of August 31, 2022, is 138,052.
Retail sales of medical cannabis for August – $ 28,966,586.76 including $ 12,942,949.44 in dry flower sales and $ 15,328,896.84 in concentrates/infused products. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 63,727 unique patients, who purchased 1,100,951 grams of dry cannabis.
Overall Medical Cannabis Patient Program Data, as of August 31, 2022:
Number of Licensed Medical Cannabis Dispensaries -- 55
2022 Total Retail Sales by Licensed Medical Cannabis Dispensaries -- $237,439,693.28
Total Retail Sales since November 2015 by Licensed Medical Cannabis Dispensaries -- $ 1,522,615,122.40
2022 Total Wholesale Sales by Cultivation Centers -- $ 351,269,321.87
Total Wholesale Sales since November 2015 by Cultivation Centers -- $ 1,385,012,723.58