Illinois: Approved patients can start getting medical marijuana in 2 weeks

Illinoisans are just a couple weeks away from legally buying medical marijuana, and FOX 32 got an exclusive look inside the first dispensary that will open in the Chicago area.

Just next week, approved patients will start receiving their prescription cards and in two weeks, a dispensary in Mundelein is scheduled to open up.

There are only four dispensaries in the state of Illinois that are licensed and ready to open: Mundelein, Canton, Quincy and Marion.

The Clinic Mundelein is the first medical marijuana dispensary that will open in northern Illinois, north of I-80.

“It has been a long time coming, we have been working on this for well over a year, probably close to two years,” said CEO of The Clinic Mundelein Ben Kovler.

You may have seen images of dispensaries in Colorado, glass jars lined up labeled with whimsical names, but Illinois dispensaries are going to look a little...

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