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US (IL): Lawmakers warn of supply shortage

A group of pro-pot state lawmakers penned a joint letter Monday acknowledging that the state’s cannabis supply could be limited when the drug is fully legalized on Jan. 1.

“Each state that has implemented an adult-use cannabis program has had issues related to supply shortages,” according to the group, made up of state Sens. Heather Steans and Laura Fine and state Reps. Kelly Cassidy, Bob Morgan, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Celina Villanueva and David Welter.

In their letter, the legislators also reassured medical cannabis card holders that they will be given priority access to pot when recreational cannabis is made legal. Under state law, dual-use pot shops will be required to keep a monthly inventory of medical cannabis on hand that’s comparable to the average amount that was sold in the six months leading up to the implementation of the new legislation.

However, the group wrote, patients and caregivers have already “raised concerns to us and to the media about product shortages, and alleged product & price manipulations.”

“We have relayed this information to the Pritzker Administration and have confidence that they take these matters as seriously as we do,” they wrote.

Read more at chicago.suntimes.com

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