Cannabis Regulations in Illinois (2026)

Illinois law permits home cannabis cultivation only by registered medical patients, capped at five plants per…

Recreational home growing is illegal in Illinois. Only a registered medical patient 21 or older may cultivate cannabis…

Illinois legalized adult-use cannabis in 2020 but permits home cultivation only for medical cannabis patients. Local…

Recreational home growing is illegal in Illinois. Adults 21 and older may possess up to 30 grams, but only registered…

Illinois sets no statewide buffer for adult-use dispensaries; 410 ILCS 705/55-25 lets counties and municipalities zone…

Unincorporated DuPage County has opted out of recreational cannabis retail. Section 38-201 of the County's Cannabis…

Macon County has opted out entirely: Macon County Code § 155.300 prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations…

Oak Lawn bans every category of adult-use cannabis business establishment, craft growers, cultivation centers…

Arlington Heights limits adult-use cannabis dispensaries to the B-2 and B-3 business districts and caps the Village at…

Aurora, Illinois caps adult-use cannabis dispensaries at four citywide, each needing a conditional use permit and a…

Bolingbrook has not opted out of cannabis business establishments. Every cultivation center, craft grower, infuser…

Adult use cannabis dispensaries need special use zoning approval and must sit at least 500 feet from any school…

In unincorporated Cook County, recreational cannabis dispensaries are a permitted use only in I-2 General Industrial…

Adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations may locate in Elgin only after winning a conditional-use permit, and never…

Cannabis dispensaries need special-use approval and are allowed only in Evanston's downtown, commercial, office, and RP…

Kane County's zoning ordinance allows a single adult-use cannabis dispensary in the unincorporated county, licensed by…

Kankakee County has not opted out of cannabis retail: dispensing facilities are allowed as a special use in the C1, C2…

Unincorporated Kendall County has not opted out of adult-use cannabis: a dispensing organization is allowed only as a…

Adult-use cannabis facilities need a conditional use permit in the county's General Commercial, Limited Industrial or…

Cannabis businesses other than cultivation centers, including dispensaries and craft growers, cannot locate within 500…

Naperville allows cannabis dispensaries only in the B2, B3, HS, I, ORI, and RD zoning districts, caps the city to three…

Cannabis business establishments, including dispensaries, must register with the Village of Oak Park before operating…

Peoria has not opted out of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, but a Medical/Adult Use Cannabis Dispensary can open…

Sangamon County never opted out of cannabis businesses: all six license types are allowed in the unincorporated area…

Schaumburg has not opted out of cannabis outright: Village Code § 154.90.21 bars adult-use cannabis businesses…

Cannabis businesses in Springfield don't pick their own site. Zoning Code Sec. 155.492 makes every cultivation center…

St. Clair County has not banned adult-use cannabis businesses; instead, Zoning Code Section 40-5-31 routes…

Unincorporated Tazewell County allows adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations only as a special use in the C-2…

Waukegan has not opted out of cannabis sales: Table 9.02-1 permits a Cannabis Dispensary as a conditional use in the…

Adult-use cannabis growers, processors and dispensaries are zoned uses in unincorporated Will County, kept back from…

A licensed medical cannabis dispensing organization cannot locate within 1,000 feet of a pre-existing school or day…

Champaign permits licensed cannabis dispensaries by right in its CG, CB1, CB2, and CB3 commercial districts under Table…

Cannabis dispensaries are legal and state-licensed in Illinois, and several operate in Champaign-Urbana. The Cannabis…

Unincorporated McHenry County lets cannabis businesses locate by type of zoning district. Dispensaries need a…

Adult-use dispensaries are state-licensed and operate in the Peoria area. Where they may open is a local decision…

Skokie's zoning code lets cannabis dispensaries operate as a permitted specific use rather than banning them, but only…

Schaumburg bans all adult-use cannabis business establishments village-wide except by special use permit under §…

Cannabis dispensaries in Aurora must sit at least 750 feet from any school and 1.5 miles from another dispensary, and…

Bolingbrook's zoning ordinance sets hard spacing rules for cannabis operators: cultivation centers and craft growers…

Chicago bars adult-use cannabis dispensaries within 500 feet of any school, and requires cultivation, craft-grow…

Cannabis dispensaries must sit at least 1,500 feet from any other dispensary and 500 feet from an existing school…

Cannabis dispensing facilities in unincorporated Kankakee County must sit at least 1,500 feet from schools…

In unincorporated Kendall County, an adult-use cannabis craft grower cannot sit within 1,000 feet of a preexisting…

A cannabis cultivation center in unincorporated McLean County cannot locate within 1,000 feet of a school, playground…

Naperville limits cannabis dispensaries to six zoning districts and keeps them well clear of schools, homes, and each…

Cannabis cultivation centers and craft growers must sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, day cares, churches, parks or…

Springfield zoning bars cannabis cultivation centers, craft growers and processors from locating within 1,000 feet of a…

Adult-use cannabis facilities in unincorporated St. Clair County must clear fixed distance buffers from schools, homes…

Adult-use cannabis craft growers and cultivation centers in unincorporated Tazewell County must sit at least 1,000 feet…

Waukegan bars every licensed cannabis business, from dispensaries to cultivation centers, from locating within 1,000…

Winnebago County keeps medical cannabis cultivation centers at least 2,500 feet from any pre-existing school, day care…

Champaign County spaces cannabis dispensaries 1,500 feet apart under its own zoning table, not a stand-alone buffer…

Unincorporated DuPage County keeps medical cannabis facilities well away from kids and homes. Zoning Ordinance Sec…

Elgin bars adult-use cannabis craft growers, cultivation centers, processors, infusers and transporters from operating…

Kane County's zoning code sets distance rules for every adult-use cannabis business, sliding from 250 feet up to 2,500…

Unincorporated Lake County bars adult-use cannabis dispensaries within 250 feet of forest preserves or residential…

McHenry County keeps cannabis dispensaries 1,000 feet from any preschool, school or addiction-recovery residential care…

City Code § 18-670 bars selling cannabis, cannabis concentrate, or cannabis-infused product within 500 feet of a…

Adult-use cannabis craft growers, cultivators, infusers, processors and transporters must sit at least 1,500 feet from…

The Village of Skokie zoning code bars a cannabis dispensary from locating within 1,500 feet of another dispensary's…

Unincorporated Will County bars adult-use cannabis cultivation centers and craft growers within 2,500 feet of schools…