Your Pocket Guide To Legal Weed

You asked, we answered. Here are responses to 37 questions from Illinoisans about legal weed.

Anonymous asked ...

When can you can walk into a store and buy a joint?

Bradley Earnest asked ...

How is the quality of recreational marijuana regulated?

Mary Clare Bietila asked ...

Should I keep my medical marijuana card?

Joan Hersh asked ...

How much will legal pot cost?

Lindsey Baumgartner asked ...

How will the process for clearing criminal pot records work?

Anonymous asked ...

My cannabis record is not eligible for automatic expungement. Is there anything I can do to get it removed?

Anonymous asked ...

Where will weed be allowed? Where will it be banned?

Rene Paquin asked ...

How is the state ensuring that the communities damaged by the racist war on drugs will benefit from legalization?

Meagan asked ...

Can I get fired for using marijuana?

Priscilla Sibley asked ...

Are there penalties for driving under the influence of weed?

M.A. Enriquez asked ...

Can police test for driving under the influence of marijuana?

Anonymous asked ...

What kinds of cannabis products will be available? Brownies, oils, flower?

Kisha asked ...

Can I pay with a credit card or is it still all cash?

Lauren Salas asked ...

Will everything smell like pot?

Stephanie Kirchner asked ...

Can people from other states bring pot back home?

Anonymous asked ...

I’ve heard a lot about issues with licensing and concerns that there won’t really be a “rollout” on Jan. 1. Is there merit to this?

Karsten Topelmann asked ...

Where will recreational weed be sold?

Quinn asked ...

Will restaurants be able to sell marijuana-infused food?

Karen J. asked ...

Will it be legal to order marijuana online if both the dispensary and recipient are in Illinois?

Anonymous asked ...

Do I need an ID to purchase weed?

Anonymous asked ...

Once I've smoked a cannabis cigarette, how will I know when I get high?

Susan Okimoto asked ...

Pot? Weed? Chronic? What's the right term for marijuana?

Stuart asked ...

Who is developing the supply? Will it all be grown in Illinois or can weed produced elsewhere get imported?

Anonymous asked ...

What rules or regulations will be set for edibles?

Ryan Fiebing asked ...

Do you think big companies will have weed at their Christmas parties?

Anonymous asked ...

Will there be a difference of quality and strains of recreational and medical marijuana?

Emily Hilbrand asked ...

Will there be any regulations on firearm ownership and marijuana possession?

Dan Camacho asked ...

Where will the tax money go?

Melinda Croes asked ...

How will this impact housing and housing laws? Can apartments or condos restrict usage?

Barbara Kanady asked ...

Can a person overdose on marijuana?

Nicole Ferguson asked ...

Will the state keep expanding the list of conditions that qualify for medical marijuana?

Nicole Bogatitus asked ...

Will there be grants offered to women and minorities who'd like to get into the cannabis business?

Anonymous asked ...

How do I get into the business?

Anonymous asked ...

How do I talk to my child about legal weed?

Anonymous asked ...

Will the state support research to study how marijuana affects individual and public health?

Joan Eorgoff asked ...

How many plants can I grow at home for personal use?

Anonymous asked ...

How much cannabis product will a person be able to buy at a time on Illinois?

This guide has been updated to correct a conversion of grams to ounces.

About this guide

This guide was produced with help from WBEZ readers and listeners. In July, we asked what questions you had about legal weed in Illinois. Since then, we received more than 170 responses. We've been answering questions weekly, prioritizing those asked most often and those we hoped would be most useful. This guide is a compilation of those questions and answers.