Politics & Government

How to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Illinois: One owner explains

Brad Zerman's hopes to open his dispensary soon to be able to serve as many of the state's approximately 1,000 registered patients

Brad Zerman, the CEO of an ATM management company, will be among the small club of medical marijuana license dispensary operators in Illinois. He was granted the license by Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration in early February to sell medical marijuana to Illinois patients with a registered prescription. Find out at Reboot Illinois how Zerman got into the medical marijuana business and where in Chicagoland he plans to open his store (and how that community has reacted).

Now that medical marijuana is well on its way into the hands of patients, what about legalizing marijuana for recreational use in Illinois? Find out one prediction, from the perspective of the Devil’s Advocate, of just how long it will take for legalized marijuana to arrive in the state at Reboot Illinois.

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