Illinois Cracks Down on Hemp THC, Expands Cannabis Access

Dear Client: On Friday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping hemp/cannabis legislation into law that immediately bans sales of intoxicating hemp THC products to youth under 21 and will “recriminalize” hemp as of the Nov. 12 federal ban, ultimately reclassifying it as cannabis, subject to state recreational laws.  At the same time that Illinois lawmakers have clamped down on what Gov. Pritzker characterizes as “an ambiguous” hemp marketplace bolstered by an “intoxicating hemp loophole,” they’ve opted to greatly expand recreational