State’s weed windfall from taxes rivals booze haul — and could surpass it next year – Chicago Sun-Times*

The pandemic has “had a big impact on sales numbers,” said Alyssa Jank, an analyst at a Loop-based firm that researches the cannabis industry. “People have been at home more. People are looking for things to do [and] people don’t have to worry about being functional or capable to go and do stuff...I think another part of it is that people have been way more stressed out and anxious this year, so they’re looking for something as a solve for that.”