2020 was always going to be a historic year for cannabis in Illinois. The sale of recreational marijuana became legal across the state at the turn of the decade, all thanks to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (CRTA) that Pritzker signed back in June of 2019. Despite some supply shortages, limited licenses, and opening in the dead of Chicago winter, Illinois dispensaries sold around $3.2 million worth of recreational cannabis on January 1 alone. That's nothing, though, compared to the overall profit brought to the state by local and visiting cannabis shoppers. According to the Tribune, sale of cannabis brought Illinois more than $1 billion of revenue in 2020, about two-thirds from rec and one-third from medical. Furthermore, the Illinois Department of Revenue shows more than $175 million in cannabis tax revenue. One can only guess if the lockdown helped or harmed these numbers.